Up Against It

News in this city

Breaks without pity

Long after the war has ended

We're still in fatigues

Up against it

The higher you fly, the further you fall

Up against it

Wondering why we fought after all

Such a cold winter

With scenes as slow as Pinter

Synchronize your watches

There's still time to kill

Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)

Drinking this swill to sweeten the pill

Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)

The more that it hurts, the less that it works

Wrapped in nostalgia to queue for a show

Back to Trafalgar, one kiss, then I'll go

So deep in quicklime

The bones of an old crime

I knew a man who raked them over

He's still suffering

Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)

Buried so deep it gives me the creeps

Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)

The longer you hate, the more that it grates

Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)

Look left, then right, so run for your life

(Come up against it now)

(Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooh ooh)

(Come up against it now)

(Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooooh)

(Come up against it now)

(Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooh ooh)

(Come up against it now)

(Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooooh)

(Come up against it now)

(Really come up against it, ooh) (Oooooh)

(Come up against it now)

(Really come up against it, ooh)

(Ooh ooh ooh)

Up against it

The more that it hurts, the less that it works

(Oooh - oooh - oooh - oooh - oooh ...)