Manic Street Preachers "you can draw some pretty obvious conclusions from the lyrics." Wire, who admitted finding the task of editing this song "pretty choking", eventually composed the music and sang lead vocals after Bradfield found himself unsuited to the task. Bradfield commented that "Journal for Plague Lovers" was an attempt to finally secure the legacy of their former member Richey Edwards and the result was that, during the recording process, it was as close to feeling his presence since his disappearance: "There was a sense of responsibility to do his words justice. That was part of the whole thing of letting enough
Anthem for a Lost Cause song was made available by digital download on 25 November 2013, backed up by two songs "Death of a Digital Ghost" and "See It Like Sutherland". A live version of She Is Suffering at the O Arena in 2011 was also in the single digital download. It peaked on number 200 in the UK Singles Chart. Anthem for a Lost Cause "Anthem for a Lost Cause" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It is the second single released from the band's eleventh studio album, "Rewind the Film". Both song and lyrics were written by singer