"Journal For Plague Lovers" lyrics - MANIC STREET PREACHERS

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
Smeared stimulus
PG certificate, all cuts unfocused
Stitches and wounds
Doctor divinity
So much love, this 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