Lyrics

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And I guess you could just say it
And I guess you just c c c couldn't say it
You're love bound
Love bound
You're out of bounds
Like your mother in the rain
Past the boundaries again
And the operator man puts you on hold again
But you just will not say it
Too much chocolate dip
You're a half a candle
You're on Seconal 
Ah man, woman admit you're Teletubbied again 
Love bound
And you just c c c couldn't say it
And [ ]
And you just c c c can't understand it
And your marshal in the rain
Like a sheriff in the rain
Past the boundaries again
And you just can't say it
And you just c c c can't relate it
Love bound
And the marshal cries again
Like a sheriff in the rain
The TV lines are vain
Love bound
And you just can't say it
And you just c c c couldn't just say it
Love bound
Love bound
I just c c c can't
I just c c c couldn't say it
And I just couldn't say it
And the marshal cries again
And a man cries in pain
Love bound again
Broken
And I just c c c couldn't say it
And I just couldn't say it
And I just couldn't say it
Cos you're love bound
You're out of bounds
And you're love bound

Commentary

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“Bound”/”Bound Soul One” is based on an instrumental track by The Audio Arts Strings titled “Love Bound”, to which Mark E. Smith added lyrics.

It’s worth recording the various meanings of the word “bound”, some of which are in the lyrics. Some of these are in the lyrics. “Bound” as in “perimeter” or territorial limit – hence “out of bounds”. But also “bound” as in restricted or tied up. So someone who is “love bound” could be imprisoned or confined by love, or might be said to be “out of bounds”. And also there’s “bound” as in “headed towards” or “journeying in the direction of”. So you could read it that way too.

Footnotes

1. Seconal is a brand name for the drug secobarbital (AKA quinalbarbitone), a barbiturate originally prescribed for insomnia. ↩︎
2. Teletubbies is a programme aimed at very young children and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1997 – 2001, and subsequently from 2015 – 2018. 485 episodes were made. ↩︎

Sources / Links

• The Annotated Fall: “Bound” [Archived]
• Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark  E. Smith. London: Penguin.
• The Track Record: “Bound”