ABC - By Default By Design

ABC's "By Default By Design" from their 1983 album, Beauty Stab. Music and lyrics by Martin Fry, Mark White, and Stephen Singleton. Video created by Jimbo. Since the beginning of time, man has sought to become God. It is the echo of words spoken by Lucifer, once declared by God to be "the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty." Lyrics: By default by design Time after time Maybe you've earned it Maybe you've spurned it But you've got it Yes, you've got it. Call it attraction or charm Sound the alarm Maybe you've earned it Maybe you've spurned it But you've got it Yes, you've got it. Breaking hearts, your speciality Why'd you ever have to come so close to me? Was it love or morbid curiosity? Either way I'd say that love's a possibility. Come a little closer Let me see you in close detail. The object of my affections Walked off in the other direction. (chorus) Modern day Romeos Modern day Juliets Are selling their love for a packet of cigarettes. Still, I remember the day that we first met And yet, so far, so good So what else can we ever expect? Come a little closer Let me see you in close detail. The object of my affections Walked off in the other direction. By default by design Time after time Maybe you've earned it Maybe you've spurned it But you've got it Yes, you've got it. Call it attraction or charm Sound the alarm Maybe you've earned it Maybe you burned it But you've got it Yes, you've got it. - END - But God has His own plan for Lucifer, whom, when history has come to its end, "will be no more forever." (EZEKIEL 28) Praise be to Jesus, and Jesus only, the Word of God made flesh, in whose Name is salvation and eternal life!