State of the Nation - New Order

作词：Bernard Sumner/Gillian Gilbert/Peter Hook/Stephen Morris

You can walk or you can run

You don't have to be someone

I went on a summer cruise

Upon an ocean born to lose

My brother said that he was dead

I saw his face and shook my head

Can you see where we can't be

Were losing our blood in the sea

Cause its the state of the nation

Thats holding our salvation

Yes its the state of the nation

Thats holding our salvation

Oh the state of the nation

Is causing deprivation

Oh the state of the nation

Is causing deprivation

Oh the state of the nation

Is causing deprivation

From my home I traveled far

I drove in my stolen car

When it broke down I kissed the ground

Cause I don't kiss when you're around

I don't find that I have been

The portrait of an only son

If thats the case then who could tell

Where my story had begun

Cause its the state of the nation

Thats holding our salvation

Yes its the state of the nation

Thats holding our salvation

Yes the state of the nation

Thats causing deprivation

Oh the state of the nation

Thats causing deprivation

Even now I'm all alone

Behind a wall thats made of stone

I think about where we have been

And all the sights that could be seen

I know it all could be worthwhile

If only I could force a smile

Now we turn our backs to the sea

The shame of a nation well never be

Cause its the state of the nation

Thats holding our salvation

Yes its the state of the nation

Thats holding our salvation

Oh the state of the nation

Is causing deprivation

Yes the state of the nation

Is causing deprivation