"Burslem Normals" karya Robbie Williams adalah lagu yang mengeksplorasi tema nostalgia, kehilangan, dan perubahan. Dalam bait pembuka, narator mengungkapkan kesedihan atas hilangnya masa lalu yang ia hargai. "Wajahmu kini tidak tersisa/Mereka telah mencoreti bekas/Yang kau tinggalkan di dinding/Tulisan itu sekarang sudah tidak ada sama sekali" menyiratkan bahwa ingatan dan koneksi masa lalu telah terhapus. Narator mempertanyakan apakah nilai-nilai yang pernah mereka perjuangkan masih relevan di dunia yang terus berubah, menyoroti tema ketidakkekalan dan rasa kehilangan mendalam.
Burslem Normals Lyrics
Robbie Williams
In your face there's nowt left
They have defaced the marks
you left upon the wall
The writing's now not there at all
Can you stand what you stood for
Are you more normal than before
Goodbye to the Normals
Goodbye to the Normals
In your place there's just chavs
The kids aren't alright
they know they're born today
Reaching out to feel the sun
At the time it seemed like fun
I was there when you got done
There for two weeks by the surf
We used to know what we were worth
Before the Normals fell to earth
Goodbye to the Normals
Goodbye to the Normals
Whatever happened to
the mere mortals crew
The fine young casuals
blew a fuse and
All the Burslem lads know
that they're all Dads
It meant so much to me,
it makes me sad
In your wake there's nowt left
They have defaced the marks
you left upon the wall
The writing's now not there at all
Can you stand what you stood for
Are you more normal than before
Goodbye to the Normals
Goodbye to the Normals
In your place there's just chavs
The kids aren't alright
they know they're born today
Reaching out to feel the sun
At the time it seemed like fun
I was there when you got done
There for two weeks by the surf
We used to know what we were worth
Before the Normals fell to earth
Goodbye to the Normals
Goodbye to the Normals
Whatever happened to
the mere mortals crew
The fine young casuals
blew a fuse and
All the Burslem lads know
that they're all Dads
It meant so much to me,
it makes me sad
In your wake there's nowt left
