This song portrays anorexia so well, I felt exactly what Richey felt and what he wrote in this song, the want to be so disturbingly thin that nobody wants to look at you, ignoring all the negative side effects because you're so blinded by your addiction to losing weight, feeling so accomplished by starving yourself, it's so real and raw and never fails to get me thinking about my times as an anorexic...

Every song on The Holy Bible is utterly brutal. It's the most uncomfortable album in existence. Everyone should have to listen to it. It should be in every hotel room, like *that* book.

James and Sean are Gods for the way they made Richeys words into songs.... I'm still in awe

Richey's best lyric. And James' composing is perfect for the lyric.

Listening again after more than twenty years. Dark, but what an album. Why aren't the Manics considered one of the best bands of the last few decades?

I get goosebumps every time James sings "I don't mind the horror that surrounds me"

One of the most endearing and truly astounding qualities of this band is that they can get the right music to these lyrics. It’s an art form, they’re masters of their craft.

Most underrated front man ever!

"A triumph of art over logic" indeed. This is the best song from a near perfect album

ED all my life. Still relate to this song at 32 :( RIP Richey

Great version. Richey Edwards was brilliant.

Holy shit, JD is bossing this. Power right there. Pretty intimidating... plus the harrowing lyrics from King Rich... Self-worth scatters, self-esteem's a bore, I long since moved to a higher plateau. Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.

If I could like this a 100 times, I would.

One of the most moving songs ever...

Omg, still one of my all time faves from The Holy Bible album. Such a powerful song about eating disorders. X

it disgusts me that a band like U2 get all the fuss and the genius of MSP have been underrated. The sexiest bass player ever, the most underrated frontman ever, the coolest drummer ever AND the best songwritter ever....

Describes the lowest of my lows

True art. Sad, bitter, genuine. Real. All the wank factor isn't.

LYRICS ________ Days since I last pissed Cheeks sunken and despaired So gorgeous sunk to six stone Lose my only remaining home See my third rib appear A week later all my flesh disappear Stretching taut, cling-film on bone I'm getting better Karen says I've reached my target weight Kate and emma and kristin know it's fake Problem is diet's not a big enough word I want to be so skinny that I rot from view I want to walk in the snow And not leave a footprint I want to walk in the snow And not soil its purity Stomach collapsed at five Lift up my skirt my sex is gone Naked and lovely and 5st. 2 May I bud and never flower My vision's getting blurred But I can see my ribs and I feel fine My hands are trembling stalks And I can feel my breasts are sinking Mother trys to choke me with roast beef And sits savouring her sole ryvitta That's the way you're built my father said But I can change, my cocoon shedding I want to walk in the snow And not leave a footprint I want to walk in the snow And not soil its purity Kate and kristin and kit kat All things I like looking at Too weak to fuss, too weak to die Choice is skeletal in everybody's life I choose, my choice, I starve to frenzy Hunger soon passes and sickness soon tires Legs bend, stockinged I am twiggy And I don't mind the horror that surrounds me Self-worth scatters, self-esteem's a bore I long since moved to a higher plateau This discipline's so rare so please applaud Just look at the fat scum who pamper me so Yeh 4st. 7, an epilogue of youth Such beautiful dignity in self-abuse I've finally come to understand life Through staring blankly at my navel.

It's great that there is such a good acoustic version of this song, it's like that track that's so good but not talked about much. James has mentioned that it was awkward or strange to sing and create music for someone else's very personal feelings, referring to Richey, maybe that's why they don't usually play this song, and for years they hardly play songs from "The Holy Bible ".

I screamed out loud when I read the title

Stunning..only word for it. Music has gone so wrong and you can see why when watching this...so full of emotion and despair.....genius.

Excellent rendition of one of my favorite songs from the Manics. The fact that this acoustic version retains the power of the original is proof of well-written this song is (and also proof of JDB's ability to convey emotion).

Such beautiful dignity in self abuse 😢

Great vocal performance. So affecting, and it's really not easy to hit the notes in this.

A Masterpiece

ther best lp by far,

Lakewood it is! Unbelievable un-affordable German accoustic guitars, only played by the one and only guitar god, mr. JDB.

This song is haunting i love it

Amazing lyrics, amazing vocal.

Incredible song, incredible lyric.

Damn, im gonna cry

Tout le monde oublie que Nicky Wire écrivait les chansons pas seulement Richie... Nicky and James are the best

Beautiful and tragic lyrics.

Richie 4ever

i remember watching this on Ray Cokes show Most Wanted, MTV ah Memories!

Thats talent!!

Excellent.......

that outro, even in acoustic JDB managed to make it more melodic yet frantic

@MrSiftaIt's from the HOLY BIBLE Special 10th Anniversary Edition dvd.

Absolutely beautifully the most possible disturbing way

Wish I could play riffs and sing unaffected too...

just wow...

💜James💜

Thanks for posting this

Yes!

it is from one guy who isn't even in the video, it's unfair to say that music has gone wrong just because an incredibly unhappy person doesn't write music anymore

@BELLZEBOSS aaahhhh thought that was stonkingly good quality for vhs! Will have to get my hands on that DVD!

Get the feeling James isn’t keen on intimate live performances, i can feel his nervousness.

Looks like a long time ago :P Rocking performance yes :)

Hardcore as fuvk!

@BELLZEBOSS excellent, just found it on ebay for a pound

thanks xD

Pfff... great stuff, even (or especially) accoustic

How does he reach those notes? Like fucking seriously? I've been trying to improve my range for so long and can't come anywhere close to his. Think I was just born to suck at singing xD

@exkirkby your not wrong

did you capture this from VHS and if so what did you use, ive just uploaded the same footage (oops), your seems slightly clearer in capture. Many thanks in advance for advice...

Not the best song to have on in the kitchen when cooking a chicken dinner.

I miss richy

CHOON! =D

James is super nervous here, is this their first acoustic performance?

7lb not 71b!!

i think u2 deserves the attention though i prefer their 80s music but i could mention a lot of other people in "music" industry, talentless hypes, who fucking don't deserve it - justin bieber, nicki minaj and other shit.

tell me you've had a restrictive and obsessive eating disorder in a song(and are probably pro ana):

brilliant. back when JDB could really sing

EVIL