Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers

Journal For Plague Lovers by the Manic Street Preachers (5th song from the new album "Journal For Plague Lovers")

Here Are The Lyrics:

Pretend prayer
Pretend care
Makes everything seem so fair
These perfect abattoirs
These perfect actors
These perfect abattoirs

Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him
Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him

Oh, such love
Sweet stimulus
PG certificate and cuts unfocused
Stitches and wounds
Doctored divinity
So much love there's blind affinity

Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him
Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him

Only a god can bruise
Only a god can soothe
Only a god reserves the right
To forgive those that revile him

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Manic
• Street
• Preachers
• Journal
• For
• Plague
• Lovers

[MANICSGNR]

this album is like the holy bible: new testament. the holy bible was like a big question and a problem (not criticising the album by the way) and this for me is like the answer or the resolution. thats how i think of it

[PeeledApples]

yep, people need to let go of the assumption that there is a comparison between this and the holy bible. I hate it when people complain it wont match the holy bible, i mean maybe it doesnt match it but the past is the past. Yeah it was great 15 years ago. BUT FUCK IM LOVING THE PRESENT

[madmethod21]

I've only gotten into the Manics within the last few months, but I have to say the music with Richey's lyrics seems to be the most thought provoking. He was a true poet.

[PeeledApples]

careful, once you get into the manics there is no escaping. you end up downloading everything they have ever written or been involved in =P

[PeeledApples]

i think people need to let go of the past and move on to the future. Yeah the holy bible was great just move on, this is the manics nowadays. No amount of complaining is gonna bring the holy bible era back. I Bloody love this song

[sadamski72]

I live in Glasgow and kids walk into Supermarkets with faces like this every day

[PeeledApples]

yeah i cant see any other reason why they would have to have the case covered up

[PergioArias]

Album of the year

[Colliermoose]

This is easily their best album since Everything Must Go though, and to those of you extreme nazi snobs who think they've sucked after the Holy Bible, they've always come out with tremendously good singles (A Design for Life, Kevin Karter, Everything Must Go, The Everlasting, Tsunami, You're Love Alone, There by the Grace of God, Empty Souls, So Why So Sad... etc)

[hufclufc]

@PeeledApples tHIS IS BETTER THAN THE hOLY bIBLE,

[shamuscolemanfanclub]

This album is immense. It took the charts by storm, shook pop music to it's foundations and for a short time reminded us all of what guitar music should sound like and that it does have a place in the charts no matter what. Redemption in one album! The manics have gone from strength to strenght since and whilst not quite recapturing the old manics certainly making their new album releases an event and something to look forward to for all!

[5T3V3N94]

@fju2112 this song, i ment they used the verse guitar riff from spirit of radio for their verse, but with their lyrics

[fju2112]

@5T3V3N94 sorry, which song was it they used a verse from spirit of radio..? i'm a rush and msp fan; not surprised to hear msp are rush fans, but always nice to hear the influence rub off in places.

[fju2112]

@PeeledApples it's a good thing it wasn't Holy Bible 2...this album stands on its own, no matter when the lyrics were written or by who, as part of the recent trilogy of great albums by MSP.

[PeaveyPV20]

luv it. The stuff they have made has been a bit patchy since the holy bible which was amazing. I reckon if richey had not had been dissapeared this would have been the holy bibles follow up not middle stuff like kevin carter and a design for life

[5T3V3N94]

cause the manics are big rush fans they used the verse for spirit of radio in the song. Still epic song tho :)

[spowdhouse]

love it !!

[myinternetromance]

wow this is epic..