Background
In an interview about the song's lyrics, bass player Nicky Wire approached the topic of whether the song was about former band member, Richey Edwards or not, Wire stated that: :People might have the idea that this song contains a lot of Richey references but it really isn’t about that, it's about the Øresund Bridge that joins Sweden and Denmark. A long time ago when we were crossing that bridge I was flagging and thinking about leaving the band (the "fatal friend"). It's about the idea of bridges allowing you an out of body experience as you leave and arrive in different places. The band, especially Wire, have stated that he wrote the song at a critical time, when he was, as described above, tired of being in the band, and he wrote the lyrics thinking of that subject. He later felt differently after a gig in Denmark.Release
The song was released as a digital download and it was backed by two new songs ''The Sound of Detachment'' and ''Caldey'', it also featured a live version of the title song and a reworking of " Futurology", album track, ''Europa Geht Durch Mich''.Music video
In an interview Nicky Wire said that he wanted Kieran Evans for the music video. The band tried to continue the narrative element that the two previous singles from '' Rewind the Film'' had. It was inspired by the film ''Track listing
Personnel
; Manic Street Preachers * James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, guitar * Nicky Wire – bass guitar * Sean Moore – drums ;Other personnel * Loz Williams - production * Alex Silva - production * Kieran Evans - music videoCharts
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