Spleen United - Failure 1977 lyrics

You put your right hand on your left hand shoulder You're crossing the crowd and facing the ground You're never going to join their godless order You find the magic in sports because the meaning is lost Remember when you had the power The power to move from one place into another, another yeah But now you always come up shorter and shorter You find the magic in sports because the meaning is lost The failure ain't the going It's the staying down It's the staying down Remember when you had the will, had the will to go on But now your body is old and your will is gone Remember when you had the power The power to move it from one place into another and another one Don't you miss the fever and the wild, wild things you did to yourself? Oh what you did not to do it Don't you miss the feeling of the outside coming in? Strange is the need to show it To reach it out To reach it out And the failure ain't the going It's the staying down It's the staying down The pressure, the pressure Leads to the high end Taking you far away Depression, depression Takes over heartache Keeping you warm and safe Failure ain't the going It's the staying down It's the staying down Failure ain't the going No, it's the staying down The staying down