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Artist: Beck
Canonical path: /beck/modern-guilt
Related lyric paths: 6
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Modern Guilt
Read Modern Guilt lyrics by Beck on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Modern Guilt
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Hey, hey
Da, da, da, da
I feel uptight when I walk in the city
I feel so cold when I'm at home
Feels like everything's starting to hit me
I lost my bearings ten minutes ago
Modern guilt, I'm stranded with nothing
Modern guilt, I'm under lock and key
Misapprehension
Turning into convention
Don't know what I've done but I feel ashamed
Standing outside the glass on the sidewalk
These people talk about impossible things
And I'm falling out of the conversation
And I'm a pawn piece in a human shield
Modern guilt is all in our hands
Modern guilt won't get me to bed
Say what you will
Smoke your last cigarette
Don't know what I've done but I feel afraid
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