Pet Shop Boys - Elysium

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Album Review

Release date: 11 September 2012

Pet Shop Boys - Elysium

Pet Shop Boys - 'Elysium'

A massive foamy middle-finger to retromania

“ I still like some of your early stuff ”, deadpans Neil Tennant on ‘Your Early Stuff’, an oddly apt sentiment since ‘West End Girls’ jumped back into the charts after the PSBs’ appearance at the Olympics closing ceremony. But their introspective, mainly mid-tempo 11th album is a massive foamy middle-finger to retromania, running elegantly from jangly indie to kraut jabs....

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Pet Shop Boys - Elysium Lyrics

Pet Shop Boys - Leaving Lyrics

I know when “enough’s enough”
and you’re leaving
you’ve had a lot of time to decide on your freedom
but I can still find some hope

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Pet Shop Boys - Invisible Lyrics

After being for so many years
The life and soul of the party it's weird
I'm invisible
Whatever I have said and done

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Pet Shop Boys - Winner Lyrics

This is the moment we'll remember Every day for the rest of our lives Time may rush us, hurt or love us But on this day we have arrived It's been a long time coming We've been in the running for so long But now we're on our way Let the ride just take us Side by side and make us See the world through new eyes every day You're a winner I'm a winner This is all happening so fast You're a winner I'm a winner Let's enjoy it all while it lasts I've been a loser I've paid my dues I fought my way up from the ground Now at this moment The crowd acclaim us Will you just listen to that sound It's been a long time coming We've been in the running for so long But now we're on our way Let the ride just take us Side by side and make us See the world through new eyes every day You're a winner I'm a winner This is all happening so fast You're a winner I'm a winner Let's enjoy it all while it lasts It took us so long And we worked so hard We came so far just to compete But don't forget all The love and laughter Now the world is at our feet Looking back on all the times We felt downcast Didn't think we were going anywhere Just living in the past But in that desperation You get inspiration You're a winner I'm a winner This is all happening so fast You're a winner I'm a winner Let's enjoy it all while it lasts 'Cause you're a winner Took so long We worked so hard We came so far just to compete But don't forget all the love and laughter Now the world is at our feet You're a winner I'm a winner This is all happening so fast You're a winner I'm a winner Enjoy it while it lasts 'Cause you're a winner

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Pet Shop Boys - Your early stuff Lyrics

You've been around but you don't look too rough
And I still quite like some of your early stuff
It's bad in a good way if you know what I mean
The sound of those old machines

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Pet Shop Boys - A face like that Lyrics

With a face (with a face)
With a face (with a face)

Only this morning

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Pet Shop Boys - Breathing space Lyrics

When your heart is out of love
And you're feeling left behind
Seems the fates aren't on your side
And the fog has left you blind

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Pet Shop Boys - Ego music Lyrics

Ego music, it's all about me
Ego music, it's all about me
Me, me, me, me
Yes, yes, yes, yes

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Pet Shop Boys - Hold on Lyrics

Hold on, hold on,
There's got to be a future, hold on
Hold on, hold on,
There's got to be a future,

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Pet Shop Boys - Give it a go Lyrics

Give it a go
Give it a go
Give it a go
Give it a go

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Pet Shop Boys - Memory of the future Lyrics

(Verse)
You seem to be inevitable to me
Like a memory of the future
I was and will be with you

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Pet Shop Boys - Everything means something Lyrics

You said you're overreacting
You're reading too much into this
If you think this is important
Your sense of proportion has gone

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Pet Shop Boys - Requiem in denim and leopardskin Lyrics

I thought it was like a film
Reviewed but never seen
Where everybody played themselves
As a drama king or queen

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