Social Dancing

What once was a riot is now a slogan
It never really talks about us
Misappropriation of real anger
You never really thought about power
Listen up

This is the real power
So listen up doubters
This is the real power
So listen up

I don't want to hear boys sing about girls
In the way that makes them an enigma
It's just 'cos they can't talk and say their feelings
No wonder we are stuck in the dark

This is the real power
So listen up doubters
This is the real power
So listen up

Did you hear a word i said (listen up listen up listen up yeah)
Wise up boy, time's at it's end (listen up listen up listen up yeah)

You had it, you lost it, so do it again
You never really thought about us
I am a boy, but i'm a feminist
It's not a contradiction in terms
Listen up

This is the real power
So listen up doubters
This is the real power
So listen up

D'you know it's offensive to hear you say that
You never really thought about us
I'm sick of the sexists, but i'm not scared
I'm a boy but at least i'm comfortable

This is the real power
So listen up doubters
This is the real power
So listen up

Did you hear a word i said (listen up listen up listen up yeah)
Wise up boy, time's at it's end (listen up listen up listen up yeah)

Because...
The power
To riot
Is anger
United

The party's at it's end
A style is named and it's dead
There is no latest trend
I eat just what i'm fed...i'm eating
Pump it up pump it up pump it up...
To the top to the top to the top...
There is no latest trend
The party's at it's end

If it's a new beginning, then i don't want to know
If it's not worth pretending, then i don't want to know
I'm just so sick of listening, why should i want to know
I lost my 15 minutes on eurodisco

The music's in my head
I thought music was dead
Give me the words i'll sing
But i can't feel a thing...i'm singing
Pump it up pump it up pump it up...
Just don't stop just don't stop just don't stop...
The party's at it's end
A style is named it's dead
There is no latest trend

Eurodisco
You're so disco

She won't be seen today 'cos
She was let down by those near
They thrived upon blood and fear
How hard to hold back a tear
She won't be seen today 'cos
She was made to be a fool
The taunts the threats were so cruel
She can't take more ridicule

And now she's gone
Gone where noone can hurt her
And now she's free
She can smile for the first time

She won't be seen today 'cos
The fill all her life with dread
Pulls back the plaster it's read
Comes home and goes to her bed
She won't be seen today 'cos
She's now seen her best friend cry
How much longer can she lie
Before one of them will die

This is not my idea of a good existence
Get your hands off me

Today, when everything's changed
I'm feeling quite strange
It's not in my head
And it just gets in my way
We've done nothing wrong
It's taken so long
Should've read more books
Instead of listening to songs
Is it meaningless, and excuse for stress?
A few key quotations always better than yes
I'd be enigmatic
Never talk automatic
Like the crowd from the art school
They're so important
We're all afraid of sale or return...

When the damage is done
This is sale or return
Then you're sale or return (this is dead stock and reduced to clear)
When there's nowhere to run (this is sale or return)
They you're sale or return (this is dead stock and it's in your kitchen
Still inside a plastic bag)

Been used as a trading tool
Last big thing uncool
We're tied to a timebomb
Everyone can see through
I've read lie after lie
I'll stick your pen in your eye
You don't speak for the people
Any more than i
I'd live on a plane, nothing to explain
No sugar-free diet, i'd rather mine was plain
I would never land
And be devalued by man
I'd breathe the air recycled
That's not my disease
We're all afraid of sale or return
The damage is done, you're sale or return

In the late 1990's into the twentieth century
The idols, the press darlings are the faceless djs
That's not to say that i'm not, a techno disco lover
I keep it under cover

Chorus:
(i just want some personality) give me action and drama
(who to look up to, who i'm supposed to be) give me '80's madonna
(i just want some personality) give me action and drama
(who to look up to, who i'm meant to be) give me club tropicana

I'm no pro-retro know-all, i want faces for the future
I'd like my idols human not programmed in computers
Pop music's not gonna die, it just has no direction
We need a plan of action

Chorus x2

I'll be getting fresh at the weekend
Throwing myself in at the deep end
Trying to keep up with the dj
He has no voice and no say

(i just want some personality) give me action and drama
(who to look up to, who i'm supposed to be) give me '80's madonna
(i just want some personality) give me action and drama
(who to look up to, who i'm meant to be) give me bananarama

I'm stronger now, i've been through everything and i won't go down
Nothing is bigger than me, i feel empowered
I'm shouting louder now can you hear the sound
Just when you're not looking

Some things have changed?
They've not
You're looking back
I fought
I'm taller now
You're not
I've got you now
Good shot

I know there's nothing better
There's none more supertough
Yeah yeah i've got the power
But am i loud enough?

Chorus:
This is the last time that i'll say my name (say my name)
I made mistakes but i am not ashamed (not ashamed)
Now am i loud enough d'ya hear my name (hear my name)
I made mistakes but i am not ashamed (not ashamed)

I've come this far, feels like i'm driving in a bullet-proof car
I'm going somewhere fast and that's where you are
Tell you my name and tell you that this is war
Just when you're not looking

I'm screaming loud
Pierced head
Should break your bones
Instead
Say the same words
They're kept
You thought i'd gone
Not yet

I know there's nothing better
There's none more supertough
Yeah yeah i've got the power
But am i loud enough?

Am i loud enough?

You've got to make your own names and in your own way