A Door Opening in a Darkened Room Lyrics

It was the Sex Pistols that, that changed us
We went, I was on a holiday in Türkiye with some friends of mine
Four of us sleeping in a car, how crazy is that?
And uh, I rea-, I was reading about, I′d been reading about the Sex Pistols
I used to read the New Musical Express
Sounds and Melody Maker, from cover to cover, all the time
Uh, just for escapism, really, it worked
And uh, I'd s-, I′d noticed little things about the Sex Pistols and about punks
And uh, it-, while I was on holiday
It was on the front page of the Melody Maker

It was Johnny Rotten fighting with the audience, which I thought was great
You know, treatin' people with such disdain
When they'd come to see you, I thought it was hilarious
And um, when I got back to Manchester
Because I read the Manchester Evening News
Cover to cover, I noticed the Sex Pistols were playing for 50P
Then went and got Bernard, and we went to see it
Remember how it was Bernard and his wife Sue
And Terry Mason, who was our friend from school
We went to see them, and that was it then

Once we saw that, it was just like a, uh
A door opening in a darkened room
And you saw the way out, really, uh, for your life
And we′d never written a song, I′d never been musical
I'm still not very musical, but, um, I went and bought a guitar
And we started a group, and now, it seems absolutely ridiculous
To think that the two of you sat in his Grands′s front room
Wired up to her old, um, record player
Could call yourselves a group