Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago

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The official video for 'The Centre Cannot Hold' by Primal Scream.

The new Primal Scream album 'Come Ahead' is out now: primalscream.lnk.to/ComeAheadID

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Credits:
Director: Douglas Hart @douglashartfilm
Producer: Juliette Larthe @juliette_larthe
Producer: Rosie Brear @robrear
Production Company: Pure Phase & MrMr @mrmrfilms

Director of Photography: Jos Bitelli @happyforyoubabes
Focus Puller: Rebecca Richards @rebeccarichards_
Steadicam: Lou Macnamara @lou_macnamara
Gaffer: Hollie Mapp @giftofthegaffer
Grip: Jamie Cobb
Stylist: Lydia Simpson
Makeup Artist: Laura Dominique @lauradomini2
Runner: Stan Chapman @stanjdchapman

Editor: Gully
Colourist: Luis Reggiardo @luis.in.colour

Special Thanks to:
The Thamesmead Social @thamesmeadsocial
Grey Moth @grey__moth
Emmyland @emmyland
Optical Support @opticalsupport

Lyrics:
You want to know how it feels to be free
You crave a glimpse of eternity
A prisoner of consensual reality

It’s hard to fit in when you feel so strange
Suppressed emotions mark a chemical change
Locked down to your soul

Lovers drown each other
Trying to save their wretched souls
Falling ever further
Cos the centre cannot hold

Shrinks and gurus sell you spiritual junk
This self-obsession is a rich man’s curse
You’ve got karma to burn

Searching for meaning but the meaning is lost
You’ll try to buy it whatever the cost
Keep on chasing the wind


Lovers drown each other
Trying to save their wretched souls
Falling ever further
Cos the centre cannot hold

No one knows another
We can see only what they show
Hidden depths might harbour 
Sacred monsters 
The centre cannot hold

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