Nexus Icon Lyrics - Wildhearts

[Ginger] 

A world awaits an icon to make a connection 

A mother complex begs stellar direction 

He's taking the chair 

He's living the life 

He's fucking pretty girls every night 

But he ain't fucking the wife 

And he's doing the things we'll never do and he's genuine 

Judging by the size of his crew 

With a face the eye can easily digest 

He's down with the big boys and up there with the big best 

A Lennon, A Presley, a Muhammad Ali they give us there life 

Literally it's got to be all or nothing, death or glory 

'Cos the history books could always use a new story 

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The negative cycle is waiting for the next one 

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This is not open for negotiation 

He's living fast, he's dying slow and nobody knows 

That the audience approval is the only approval 

He's known to be real "at least as real as a rock N' roll show" 

Then alone again is the man, but he can't stand being alone 

Fighting the fear that is the fade of the glow and the length of the time we 

expect him to give 

'Cos someone's got to live like we all want to live and we all want to see 

But don't want to be 

"Cos someone's gonna die and it ain't gonna be me" 

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The negative cycle is waiting for the next one 

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This is not open for negotiation 

And at times when he's fighting the hate that he feels for the loneliness 

Feels for the home that he makes and takes straight to a different place 

Where a new set of faces appear to relate but he can't help equate the 

relationship 

To the time he swore his love to a whore 

Another name on the door, another 1:2:3:4 

But the same old crown standing there on the floor 

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The negative cycle is waiting for the next one 

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This is not open for negotiation 

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The negative cycle is waiting for a live one 

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And when you're done pass it over to the next one 

"And will the last one out please leave the light on?"