Nomeansno – Victory – Class Autonomy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP11hhoanmg

When I set out on this journey
I thought it would never end
When I started down that road
I could not see the end
And when I took that first step
I fell in so deep, so fucking deep
And all the things that were so hard-won
You know, I thought I would always keep

Now what do you think I see?
Standing like a wall in front of me

Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory

So what are you going to do? Die? No
Gonna lay down and die? No way
I will not admit defeat, I will not admit defeat
I will see victory
Victory

Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds
And I lost sight of what I really had
What I really need
And all the things I should’ve valued
You know, I gave ’em away for a prayer and a song
And now when I reach out for them
They are gone

Now you know what I see
Standing in front of me
Like a headstone
A fucking monument to human misery

Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory

So what are you gonna do? Die? No
You gonna lay down and die? No way
I will not have disappeared, I will not have disappeared
I will see victory
Victory
Victory
Victory

Do I have any friends here?
I can’t see
Are any of my friends here?
I can’t see
What about you? Could you be a friend to me?
What about you? Could you mean something to me?

I’ve got a question to ask you
And then you can ask it of me
It’s a simple request
And then you can make it of me

Can you forgive me?
Can you forgive me?
Can you forgive me?

Can you see what will be?
Is it victory?
Victory
Victory
Victory

Now I can’t show you all the things I’ve seen
And I can’t make you feel much of anything
Not what they meant to me
And someday I know, no matter how hard we try
We are all going to have to lay down and die

So maybe I should just tell you what I hope and believe
For every defeat there will be a victory
For every defeat there will be a victory
In defeat, victory