Released: September 2, 1996
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Chris Porter Pet Shop Boys
[Verse 1]
News in this city
Breaks without pity
Long after the war has ended
We're still in fatigues
[Chorus]
Up against it
The higher you fly the further you fall
Up against it
Wondering why we fought after all
[Verse 2]
Such a cold winter
With scenes as slow as Pinter
Synchronise your watches
There's still time to kill
[Chorus]
Up against it
Drinking this swill to sweeten the pill
Up against it
The more that it hurts the less that it works
[Bridge]
Wrapped up in nostalgia to queue for a show
Back to Trafalgar, one kiss then I'll go
[Verse 3]
So deep in quicklime
The bones of an old crime
I knew a man who raked them over
He's still suffering
[Chorus]
Up against it
Buried so deep it gives me the creeps
Up against it (Come up against it now)
The longer you hate the more that it grates
Up against it (Come up against it now)
Look left then right and run for your life
[Post-Chorus]
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
[Chorus]
Up against it
The more that it hurts the less that it works
News in this city
Breaks without pity
Long after the war has ended
We're still in fatigues
[Chorus]
Up against it
The higher you fly the further you fall
Up against it
Wondering why we fought after all
[Verse 2]
Such a cold winter
With scenes as slow as Pinter
Synchronise your watches
There's still time to kill
[Chorus]
Up against it
Drinking this swill to sweeten the pill
Up against it
The more that it hurts the less that it works
[Bridge]
Wrapped up in nostalgia to queue for a show
Back to Trafalgar, one kiss then I'll go
[Verse 3]
So deep in quicklime
The bones of an old crime
I knew a man who raked them over
He's still suffering
[Chorus]
Up against it
Buried so deep it gives me the creeps
Up against it (Come up against it now)
The longer you hate the more that it grates
Up against it (Come up against it now)
Look left then right and run for your life
[Post-Chorus]
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
(Come up against it now)
(Really come up against it, ooh)
[Chorus]
Up against it
The more that it hurts the less that it works
more tracks from the album
Bilingual: Further Listening 1995 – 1997
- The Calm Before The Storm
- Somewhere (Extended Mix)
- The Survivors
- How I Learned to Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Delusions of Grandeur
- Betrayed
- Disco Potential
- Saturday Night Forever
- In the Night (1995)
- A Red Letter Day
- Discoteca (Single Version)
- A Red Letter Day (Expanded Single Version)
- Up Against It
- Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is)
- Before
- The Truck-Driver and His Mate
- Metamorphosis
- Paninaro ’95
- To Step Aside
- It Always Comes as a Surprise
- Single-Bilingual
- Electricity
- View From Your Balcony
- Hit and Miss
- Discoteca
- Discoteca (New Version)
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On (International Club Mix)
From the albums
- Bilingual (1996)
- Bilingual: Further Listening 1995 – 1997 (2001)
Pet Shop Boys popular songs
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away