1999

JVC, Power Rangers, MTV

The concrete sky of British summer

Blood and dirt on your retro England shirt

Princess Di, The Stone Cold Stunner

Nan's estate

Grandad's on the sofa

"Here's a fiver, son, don't tell your mum"

So you go and knock for your mates

We scream, "they think it's all over"

As we watched our ball like a comet fall

On the wrong side of the cage

Is this life?

Or are we dreaming?

Did we die in 1999?

Tell me why

We stopped believing

We could fly in 1999

1999

'99

BMX, Biggie, Tupac, VHS

Nicotine wallpaper peeling

We were wrong to think youth would last as long

As the asbestos in the ceiling

On Nan's estate

Grandad's getting older

Though he shrinks in size, his twinkling eyes of china blue remain

Screaming, "they think it's all over"

As we watched our ball like a comet fall

On the wrong side of the cage

Is this life?

Or are we dreaming?

Did we die in 1999?

Tell me why

We stopped believing

We could fly in 1999

1999

'99

1999

'99

1999

'99