Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh rock band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Caerphilly and consisting of cousins James Dean Bradfield, and Sean Moore, plus Nicky Wire. They are often colloquially known as The Manics.

Doors Closing Slowly

Realize how lonely this is
Self-defeating, oh, fuck, yeah
Drowned in love and false kisses
A gathering of no meaning

That shadow is a cross okay
Judgment must willing today
Silence is not sacrifice
Crucifixion is the easy life

Who threw the first stone
If the stone is you
Forgive them forsaken
Bleeding feet an angel’s savior

That shadow is a cross okay
Judgment must be willing today
Silence is not sacrifice
Crucifixion is the easy life

Embrace to betrayal
An arms army salvation
Listen to the selfish ones
They are the voice of accomplishment

Songwriters: James Bradfield / Nicholas Jones / Richard Edwards / Sean Moore