"Bittersweet Symphony" I've got dirt on my Reeboks from staying out all night I spent my last ten pounds on this pack of Marlborough Lights I phoned up Stevie, I said "G, you alright?" He said "It's six in the morning, brother! Get some shut eye!" I feel a sense of wellbeing this time in the morning Wear my heart out on my hoodie while the city is snoring Drunks falling off the sidewalks, get issued a warning Distant sirens, they crescendo like a symphony calling This it the Britain I know, this is the Britain I love There's poetry inside this city if you listen enough Working class causalities out on the streets sleep rough While a mother with her baby takes her pram to the pub And while she's knocking them down, the cost of living goes up I can't relate to politicians with their head in the mud I resonate with messy Fridays, with the boys smoking bud We do our bit to numb the struggle, as below, so above As as above, so below, here in the city we glow I blow a smoke ring up to heaven and it makes a halo And then the clock strikes seven, guess it's time to head home My companion is the city, so I'm never alone I'm stepping in and out of gaps of the pavement cracks And if I go to sleep now, that's an anti-climax People rise for work and the sun mirrors that A perfect juxtaposition for those out on the lash Bare with me, it's beautiful, I think its irrefutable There's beauty in a contradicting Britain... Indisputable Junkie in a cubicle, that old spoon is usable His mother's in a black suit, crying at a funeral Nine to five crucible, this route is not commutable A kid falls off the tracks and then he serves a stretch in Juvenal Libbies at the Doleys but her dispositions humourful While Davey's at the bookies and his mates call him delusional Britain, drink it down and moan about the weather When the sun starts shining feel the factor 10 tremor Boys will be boys, will be in it together Until the fists start flying like they're Connor McGregor And then he's out... I think he too took it too far I think the boy saw red, I think he hit him too hard Now he's face down on the pavement with a face full of tar Mad how small altercations can define who we are That's my cue! I guess it's time to head home It's bittersweet how my high found its way to be low And I've said it once before, as above, so below Living on the streets of Britain you just go with the flow But I'm done... I'm out for the night As the sun paints the pavements, I'll turn out the light White noise on the radio to quiet my mind Always was an over-thinker, just the way I'm designed Britain, drink it down and moan about the weather When it's all said and done we'll be in it altogether Boys will be boys, will be like it forever It's a bittersweet symphony, we're birds of a feather.
@jamesdoherty655810 ай бұрын
ren ren ren
@gcarap10 ай бұрын
The drunk girls, mother and fighters were actors.
@simonstrivelli44869 ай бұрын
Viktus was the guy that got beat up.
@gcarap9 ай бұрын
@@simonstrivelli4486 Yes and Jess was in video too. Not sure if she was one of the drunks or the mom.
@pirada7410 ай бұрын
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@GarethSutton-f9j9 ай бұрын
Hey bro love your reactions, did you say you ex marines? I’m ex British infantry Afghan 2010, anyway there’s loads more ren to do, at least another 40, if you want any advice let me know, could you also check out RENs band the big push loads of great stuff, chinchilla has her own stuff fingers live for hunger tv, elements, little girl gone and Sam Tompkins has a few songs solo and with ren, cheers brother great reaction as always look forward to more ❤
@joeunlimited8 ай бұрын
YES BROTHER I AM A FORMER U.S. MARINE!
@justme11119 ай бұрын
Not a cover because none of the words are the same but a re-take because it follows a similar theme and uses the instrumentals from the Verve original
@davidcraig95389 ай бұрын
No cigarettes are about £17 for Marlboro dude😂
@joeunlimited9 ай бұрын
That’s crazy bro, touch much to spend on black lung lol 😂
@GarethSutton-f9j9 ай бұрын
Who shits on Britain? I need names! And addresses if you got em
@TobiiRheaStarr8 ай бұрын
Cigarettes are about £15 a pack about $19/20 Lmao it isn’t a real homeless person. It’s Joe Flack, RENs photographer/videographer mate, the one in the fight is Viktus, who plays the pig and is on Down On The Beat (also in the vids for Losing It, Murderer and Wildfire and a rapper in his own right). 🖤
@joeunlimited8 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Thanks for watching! 🙏❤️
@duro252810 ай бұрын
Stop your reactions MAX every 30 seconds.. Trust me bro