I am trying to be heroic   In an age of modernity   I am trying to be heroic   Because all around me history sings      So I enjoyed and I devoured   Flesh and wine and luxury   But in my heart   I am lukewarm   Nothing ever really touches me      At Les Trois Garcons   We meet at precisely 9 o'clock   I order the foie gras   And I eat it with complete disdain   Bubbles rise in champagne flutes   But when we kiss, I feel nothing      Feasting on sleeping pills   And Marlboro Reds   (So busy won't save you)      Oh how our parents   They suffered for nothing   Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream   Like the 80s never happened   People are afraid, are afraid   To merge on the freeway   Disappear here      Stroll the pier   Into the magazine launch party   I am handed a pill   And I swallow with complete disdain   Kick-drum bangs off the high-hat   Remember to look bored   We suck each others' faces   And make sure we are noticed      (Cocaine won't save you)   Because East London is a vampire   It sucks the joy right out of me   How we long for corruption in these golden years      Oh how our parents   They suffered for nothing   Live the dream, live the dream, live the dream   Like the 80s never happened   People are afraid, are afraid   To merge on the freeway   Disappear here [x4]