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Middle-Class Heroes
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Middle-Class Heroes was released on April 29, 1996 by Divine Comedy Records as a part of the album Casanova
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Release DateApril 29, 1996
LabelDivine Comedy Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM80

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Neil Hannon
Neil Hannon
Composer

Lyrics

I see oriental paper globes hanging like decomposing cocoons
While exotic candles overload the musty air with their stale perfume
And I see lentils, beans, seaweed and rice in jars on the windowsill
And it ain't hardly enough to feed the mice running behind the lines
of allergy pills
All these things will come to pass
When heroes of the middle-class
Face up to their responsibilities
I see an Indian fertility god, he's got thirty seven limbs to spare
And tasteless tie-dyed tablecloths that double up as evening wear
And I see naked bodies twist and turn on the futon of dreams fulfilled
But their three-year-old kid seems unconcerned
He'd rather swallow all those allergy pills
All these things will come to pass
When heroes of the middle-class
Face up to their responsibilities
I see unspeakable vulgarity
Institutionalised mediocrity
Infinite tragedy
Rise up little souls, join the doomed army
Fight the good fight
Wage the unwinnable war
Elegance against ignorance
Difference against indifference
Wit against shit
'My words fly up to heaven, my thoughts remain below
Words said without feeling never to heaven go...'
All these things will come to pass when heroes of the middle-class
Face up, repent, and pay the price for accidentally creating life
An oversight for which they must atone and sacrifice their own
Written by: Neil Hannon
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