Back in school I was taught to be no one

But I failed all the tests and got picked on

Walked the halls in a daze simply dreaming

Of desires I'd be one day fulfilling

Wouldn't call it an ego exactly

I just thought those things matter of factly

Like a spring wound tight I was pensive

Back in my Great British Comprehensive

Try to keep living

Try to keep living

Try to keep living

I know it's just small talk

It's just small talk

It's just small small talk

I know they don't mean it

They don't mean it

They don't mean it anyway

Teachers they tried to be interested

But failed with the talents they're blessed with

It was quicker to ignore the thick kids

Take a break in the staff room, forget it

I was born into Thatcher's disaster

Cruel and selfish the buzzwords that mattered

I don't understand why they'd be praises

'Cause there really was crap in the 80's

That's the generation

That's the generation

That's the generation

I know it's just small talk

It's just small talk

It's just small small talk

I know they don't mean it

They don't mean it

They don't mean it anyway

I know it's just small talk

It's just small talk

It's just small small talk

I know they don't mean it

They don't mean it

They don't mean it anyway

Beat down, washed out, blocked out vision

Remnants, bad printout, collision

Deadlocked, stalemate, full recession

No way back, no future vision

Dead wrist, death row, heart condition

One last chance, one small incision

Come up smelling like a rose

Bloody minds and bloody noses

And we felt so insecure

But I can't say, but I can't say, but I can't say

My embryonic idea

For my senses response was nirvana

I could back in the day I was trying

On my instincts I was relying

Try to keep living

Try to keep living

Try to, try to, try to keep living

I know it's just small talk

It's just small talk

It's just small small talk

I know they don't mean it

They don't mean it

They don't mean it anyway

I know it's just small talk

It's just small talk

It's just small small talk

I know they don't mean it

They don't mean it

They don't mean it anyway

I know it's just small talk

It's just small talk

It's just small small talk

I know they don't mean it

They don't mean it

They don't mean it anyway