🎵 Colossus // by IDLES

43 Contributors Colossus Lyrics “Colossus” is the first piece of music since 2017’s praised debut album Brutalism by the Bristol post punk five-piece IDLES. The song is the first single from their second album, Joy as an Act of Resistance. [Part I] [Verse] I was done in on the weekend The weekend lasted twenty years The world's best bulimic bartend Tender, violent, and queer [Refrain] Forgive me father, I have sinned I've drained my body, full of pins I've danced till dawn with splintered shins Full of pins, full of pins [Chorus] Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes [Pre-Chorus] They laugh at me when I run I waste away for fun I am my father's son His shadow weighs a tonne [Chorus] Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes [Pre-Chorus] They laugh at me when I run I waste away for fun I am my father's son His shadow weighs a tonne [Chorus] Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes [Refrain] Forgive me father, I have sinned I've drained my body, full of pins I've danced till dawn with splintered shins Full of pins, full of pins [Chorus] Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Goes and it goes and it goes Go, go, go, go, go, go [Outro] It's comin', it's comin' It's comin', it's comin' It's comin', it's comin' It's comin', it's comin' [Part II] [Intro] (One, two) I don't want to be your man, your man I (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Don't want to be (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Your man (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Your man (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) [Verse] I'm like Stone Cold Steve Austin (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I put homophobes in coffins (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I'm like Fred Astaire (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I dance like I don't care (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I'm like Ted DiBiase (I) I win no matter what it costs me (Don't want to be) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I'm like Evel Knievel (Your man) I break bones for my people (Your man) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I'm on my best behavior (I) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Like Jesus Christ, our savior (Don't want to be) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I'm like Reggie Kray (Your man)