Wildman / Marsden / Downing / Downing · Lyrics: Wildman
From the 1996 sessions · Reconstructed 2026 · Doomed To Live, Side B
Lyrics reimagined and reworked as the 2025 single The Promised Land 

When we hit the road
We'll be on our way
We'll be on our way

When the Sun explodes
And the love light grows 
You know we'll be ok

We wander through the city 
Forever flying so high 
It's a celebration
Of my generation

And we feel like this 
And we feel like that
And we don't know what we're looking at 

Baby understand
That the Promised land
Is just a mile away 

There'll be hills to climb 
There'll be strength to find 
But it's a new day 

There's a life around the corner 
Better than the one that you know 
Seems like creation
Of my generation

And we run around
And we have our fun
And we make a mess of everyone 

And if you don't make it 
Then I won't too
Cos just couldn't take it 
Without you

So if you kill yourself
Please send me a note
I’ll read it in my 
New pine overcoat

Na na na na na
Na na na na na-a-ah
Na na na na na
Na na na na na-a-ah

So if you kill yourself
Please send me a note
I’ll read it in my 
New pine overcoat

Written in 1996. This song deals directly with despair and self-harm. If any of it speaks to something you're going through, you don't have to sit with it alone — in the UK you can call Samaritans free on 116 123, any time.