Testo Bang goes the knighthood The Divine Comedy

Bang goes the knighthood

Out of the station and through the arcade
Past the antique shops of Regent's Parade
To an innocuous London address
A quick glance around and then down the wet steps.
God only knows what keeps bringing me here
Gambing with everything that I hold dear
One careless word in establishment ears
And bang goes the knighthood, the wife and career.

You make me feel, you make me feel something, and feeling something beats feeling nothing at all, and nothing at all is what I feel all the rest of the time. If someone sees, if someone hears something, I know it's coming, the fear is making me ill, but then fear is part of the thrill.

They taught me discipline at boarding school
The consequences of breaking the rules
They said 'we're just being cruel to be kind'
As they beat me to within an inch of my life
So chain me, restrain me and teach me to kneel
Wipe me and gring me beneath your high heels
Crack goes the whip and if someone should tell
Bang goes the knighthood as well.