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Anarchy In The U.K.

This version of Anarchy In The U.k. was released by Sex Pistols in 1977.

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I am an antichrist
I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want
But I know how to get it
I wanna destroy passerby

‘Cause I wanna be Anarchy
No dogsbody

Anarchy for the UK
It’s coming sometime and maybe
I give a wrong time stop at traffic line
Your future dream is a sharpie’s scheme

‘Cause I wanna be Anarchy
In the city

How many ways to get what you want
I use the best
I use the rest
I use the N.M.E
I use Anarchy

‘Cause I wanna be Anarchy
It’s the only way to be

Is this the M.P.L.A or
Is this the U.D.A or
Is this the I.R.A
I thought it was the UK
Or just another country
Another council tenancy

I wanna be Anarchy
And I wanna be Anarchy
(Oh what a name)
And I wanna be anarchist
I get pissed, destroy!

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About Lyrics and Anarchy In The U.k. by Sex Pistols

The lyrics for Anarchy In The U.k. are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Sex Pistols. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Anarchy In The U.k. have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Anarchy In The U.k. - Sex Pistols and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Anarchy In The U.k. by Sex Pistols in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Anarchy In The U.k." means the words set to the music of Anarchy In The U.k., or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Sex Pistols. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Anarchy In The U.k. and the lyrics to Anarchy In The U.k. are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Sex Pistols who came here looking just for the lyrics to Anarchy In The U.k., but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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