UP AGAINST IT
(Pet Shop Boys)

News in the 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
Synchronise your watches
there's still time to kill
Up against it
Drinking this swill to sweeten the pill
Up against it
The more taht 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
Buried so deep
it gives me the creeps
Up against it
The longer you hate 
the more that it grates
Up against it
Look left then right 
an run for your Life
Up against it
The more that it hurts
the less that it works