My Name Is Ruin

And so I came to the last of my Savage series of blips for Gary Numan's album discography. I have now reached the album which inspired this challenge, Savage: Songs From A Broken World. A brilliant album, right up there with Gary's greatest albums ever. It well deserves the number two position it achieved in the U.K. album chart. So what is my favourite track. Hard to choose, but I think I will have to go with the first single, My Name Is Ruin. The appearance of one of Gary's three daughters, Persia, in the video and providing the backing vocals gives this epic track some extra emotional resonance.

Credit to Bill Sienkiewicz for the image from Elektra: Assassin. 

When they called me broken, I knew
When they called me evil, I knew
When they called me ruin, I knew
I would always find my way to you

When I beg forgiveness, they knew
When I beg for mercy, they knew
When I beg for nothing, they knew
I would always find my way to you

My name is ruin, my name is vengeance
My name is no one, no one is calling
My name is ruin, my name is heartbreak
My name is loving, but sorrows and darkness
My name is ruin, my name is evil
My name's a war song, I sing you a new one
My name is ruin, my name is broken
My name is shameless, I'll tear you wide open

When I called you poison, you knew
When I called you shameful, you knew
When I called you a liar, you knew
I would always find my way to you

I'll show you ruin, I'll show you vengeance
I'll show you no one, and no one is calling
I'll show you ruin, I'll show you heartbreak
I'll show you loving, and sorrow and darkness
I'll show you ruin, I'll show you evil
I'll sing you a war song, I'll sing you a new one
I'll show you ruin, I'll show you broken
I'll show you shameless, I'll tear you wide open