[ti:From Despair to Where] [ar:Manic Street Preachers] [al:National Treasures - The Complete Singles] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]From Despair to Where - Manic Street Preachers [00:00.18]Written by:Sean Moore/Richey Jame [00:00.36]Write this alone on my bed [00:03.83]I've poisoned every room in the house [00:08.02]The place is quiet and so alone [00:11.70]Pretend there's something worth waiting for [00:16.59]There's nothing nice in my head [00:19.42]The adult world took it all away [00:23.60]I wake up with same spit in my mouth [00:26.69]I cannot tell if it is real or not [00:34.18]I try and walk in a straight line [00:41.50]An imitation of dignity [00:49.41]From despair to where [00:56.58]From despair to where [01:14.67]Outside open mouthed crowds [01:17.94]Pass each other as if they're drugged [01:21.80]Down pale corridors of routine [01:25.59]Where life falls unatoned [01:29.69]The weak kick like straw [01:32.49]Till the world means less and less [01:36.77]Words are never enough [01:39.95]Just cheap tarnished glitter [01:47.12]I try and walk in a straight line [01:54.28]An imitation of dignity [02:01.95]From despair to where [02:09.17]From despair to where [02:58.44]A cripple walks in a straight line [03:05.50]An imitation of dignity [03:13.25]From despair to where [03:20.32]From despair to where