News in this city
  Breaks without pity
  Long after the war has ended
  We're still in fatigues
    Up against it
  The higher you fly, the further you fall
  Up against it
  Wondering why we fought after all
    Such a cold winter
  With scenes as slow as Pinter
  Synchronize your watches
  There's still time to kill
    Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)
  Drinking this swill to sweeten the pill
  Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)
  The more that it hurts, the less that it works
    Wrapped in nostalgia to queue for a show
  Back to Trafalgar, one kiss, then I'll go
    So deep in quicklime
  The bones of an old crime
  I knew a man who raked them over
  He's still suffering
    Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)
  Buried so deep it gives me the creeps
    Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)
  The longer you hate, the more that it grates
  Up against it (Come up against it, ooh)
  Look left, then right, so run for your life
    (Come up against it now)
  (Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooh ooh)
  (Come up against it now)
  (Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooooh)
  (Come up against it now)
  (Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooh ooh)
  (Come up against it now)
  (Really come up against it, ooh) (Ooh ooooh)
  (Come up against it now)
  (Really come up against it, ooh) (Oooooh)
  (Come up against it now)
  (Really come up against it, ooh)
  (Ooh ooh ooh)
    Up against it
  The more that it hurts, the less that it works
    (Oooh - oooh - oooh - oooh - oooh ...)