Ren - Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)

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  @RenMakesMusic · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Much love to all of you!!! As always here&apos;s the lyrics for anyone who wants them!<br><br>I’ve &nbsp;got dirt on my reeboks from staying out all night,<br>I spent my last ten pounds on this pack of Marlborough Lights<br>
I called up Stevie, I said “G ,you alright?”<br>He said “It’s six in the morning brother! Get some shut eye!”<br><br>I feel a sense of wellbeing this time in the morning
<br>Wear my heart out on my hoodie while the city is snoring<br>Drunks falling off the sidewalks get issued a warning<br>Distant sirens they crescendo like a symphony calling<br><br>This it the Britain I know<br>This is the Britain I love
<br>There’s poetry inside this city if you listen enough<br>
Working class causalities out on the streets sleep rough<br>While a mother with her baby takes her pram to the pub<br><br>And while she’s knocking them down<br>The cost of living goes up<br>I can’t relate to politicians with their head in the mud<br>I resonate with messy Fridays with the boys smoking bud<br>We do our bit to numb the struggle, as below, so above
<br><br>As as above, so below, here in the city we glow<br>I blow a smoke ring up to heaven and it makes a halo<br>And then the clock strikes seven, guess its time to head home<br>My companion is the city, so I’m never alone<br><br>I’m stepping in and out of gaps of the pavement cracks
<br>and if I go to sleep now that’s an anti-climax
<br>People rise for work and the sun mirrors that<br>A perfect juxtaposition for those out on the lash <br><br>Bare with me, its beautiful<br>
I think its irrefutable
<br>There’s beauty in a contradicting Britain…
indisputable<br>Junkie in a cubicle, that old spoon is usable <br>His mother’s in a black suit, crying at a funeral <br><br>Nine to five crucible, this route is not commutable<br>A kid falls off the tracks and then he serves a stretch in Juvenal <br>Libbies at the Doleys but her dispositions humourful<br>While Davey’s at the bookies and his mates call him delusional<br><br>Britain , drink it down and moan about the weather <br>When the sun starts shining feel the factor 10 tremor<br>Boys will boys, will be in it together <br>Until the fists start flying like they’re Connor Mcgreggor<br><br>And then he’s out…<br>I think he too took it too far <br>I think the boy saw red 
I think he hit him to hard<br>Now he’s face down on the pavement with a face full of tar <br>mad how small altercations can define who we are<br><br>That’s my cue!<br>Think its time to head home,<br>Its bitter sweet how my high found its way to be low<br>And I’ve said it once before, as above, so below<br>Living on the streets of Britain you just go with the flow<br><br>But I’m done…<br>Im out for the night,<br>As the sun paints the pavements I’ll turn out the light<br>White noise on the radio to quiet my mind<br>Always was an over-thinker, just the way I’m designed <br><br>Britain, drink it down and moan about the weather <br>When its all said and done we’ll be in it altogether <br>Boys will be boys, will be like it forever<br>It’s a bittersweet symphony
<br>We’re birds of a feather

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• SA

  @sambrown5394 · 11 months ago

  How the hell has it taken me two years to hear this. What a banger. The lyrics are on point.

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• MR

  @MrSowden89 · 8 months ago

  Anyone else revisiting this in 2026 🎉

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• GR

  @gregrobertson7639 · 3 years ago

  I am a 135 year old Sessile Oak tree. I cannot describe how much this song speaks to me

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• JA

  @jamescamp9666 · 11 months ago

  Brilliant. I am a 53 year old who hates everything. But I loved this :)

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  @Photosfromboots · 2 years ago

  That walk home in the early morning after an awesome night out with mates is one of those beautiful things in life.

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• GI

  @gibreel461 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m a 44 year old musical snob. Finding Ren&apos;s music has made me feel like the first time I heard smells like teen spirit; it&apos;s music I&apos;ll remember forever. Thanks for the memories Ren

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  @jamiebrown867 · 3 years ago

  This is without a doubt the most British thing I&apos;ve ever heard, It&apos;s a piece of cultural art and should be recognised as such a genuine masterpiece. I feel like I could talk to this guy for hours and wonder where the time went.

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  @ladislavpuncochar1634 · 11 months ago (edited)

  after 2 years i discover this on facebook... and as i can see, im not alone... wow, what a jewel &lt;3 thank you

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  @Factoryflowers · 3 years ago

  I think this young man Ren may actually be the harbinger of change for the good. &nbsp;I’m not British, but working class American. &nbsp;If we could only open our eyes to the beauty of each other no matter our politics, our luck, the darkness — which is also, sometimes beautiful — maybe we could start paying attention to what matters. &nbsp;Not ourselves alone, but each other. &nbsp;❤️

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• SI

  @siwelify · 3 years ago

  Ren pulls out 4 violins, plays them all simultaneously then starts rapping in triple time.

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  @TantraJames · 3 years ago

  just reading these comments is restoring my faith in humanity. ren, you are a bright light in this world. thank you 🙏🏼

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