Shot By Both Sides

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About Shot By Both Sides

"Shot By Both Sides" is a song written by Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley and performed by the English post punk band Magazine, which appeared on their debut album Real Life in 1978 and was released as a single in the same year, reaching #41 on the UK charts. The name of the song comes from a political argument between Devoto and his girlfriend, in which she said to him: "Oh, you'll end up shot by both sides." "Shot By Both Sides" has been played live by various artists, including Radiohead, Mansun and Jarvis Cocker. .

Shot By Both Sides Lyrics

[00:23.40] This and that, they must be the same
[00:25.92] What is legal is just what's real
[00:29.12] What I'm given to understand
[00:32.15] Is exactly what I steal
[00:35.12] I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
[00:37.96] I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
[00:40.80] I was shocked to find what was allowed
[00:43.69] I didn't lose myself in the crowd
[00:52.25] Shot by both sides
[00:57.18] On the run to the outside of everything
[01:03.59] Shot by both sides
[01:08.65] They must have come to a secret understanding
[01:15.34] New offenses always in my nerves
[01:18.34] They're taking my time by force
[01:21.54] They all sound the same when they scream
[01:24.34] As a matter of course
[01:27.18] I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
[01:29.74] I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
[01:32.71] I was shocked to find what was allowed
[01:35.67] I didn't lose myself in the crowd
[01:43.92] Shot by both sides
[01:48.82] On the run to the outside of everything
[01:55.54] Shot by both sides
[02:00.36] They must have come to a secret understanding
[02:30.57] "Why are you so edgy, kid?"
[02:33.49] Asks the man with the voice
[02:36.48] One thing follows another
[02:39.22] You live and learn, you have no choice
[02:42.13] I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
[02:44.98] I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
[02:47.68] I was shocked to find what was allowed
[02:50.40] I didn't lose myself in the crowd
[03:00.60] Didn't lose myself in the crowd
[03:02.66] Didn't lose myself in the crowd
[03:05.63] I was shocked to find what was allowed
[03:08.56] Didn't lose myself in the crowd
[03:11.52] Well, I wormed my way
[03:13.65] Well, I wormed my way
[03:14.35] Well, I wormed my way
[03:16.08] Well, I wormed my way
[03:17.67] Well, I wormed my way
[03:18.86] Well, I wormed my way
[03:20.57] Well, I wormed my way
[03:21.96] Well, I wormed my way
[03:23.22] Shot by both sides
[03:27.71] I don't ask who's doing the shooting
[03:34.65] Shot by both sides
[03:39.54] We must have come to a secret understanding
[03:47.18]

From the album: UK Darkwave