You try and change it You try and arrange it You try and shape it But it's immortality, yeah It's immortality
You cannot change it Or rearrange it It's immortality
Immortality Immortality
That's where you're at, dear You're shedding your mentality But it's immortality And you cannot buy it You cannot put it in your pocket book You can't put it in your BCI Don't try and shape it Cos it's immortality It's immortality, yeah Immortality, yeah
It's where you're at, yeah
Immortality Immortality
The Viking gods had it Lord Odin had it Don't try and change it Don't try and put it in your pock-book-et It's immortality It's immortality, yeah
And you cannot change it And you cannot rearrange it And you cannot shape it Cos it's reality, yeah It's immortality, yeah You cannot buy it And that's all you're gonna get From immortality Immortality
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “XXXX” [Archived]
Ford, Simon (2003). Hip Priest: the story of Mark E Smith and The Fall. London: Quartet Books.
Mackay, Tommy (2018). 40 Odd Years of The Fall. Place of publication unknown: Greg Moodie.
Pringle, Steve (2022). You Must Get Them All: The Fall on Record. [paperback edition]. Pontefract: Route Publishing Ltd. [Online store]
Smith, Mark E. (1985). The Fall Lyrik & Texte Von Mark E. Smith. In Deutsch & Englisch. With Drawings by Brix. Berlin: The Lough Press. [AKA The Orange Book. Available online in The Internet Archive]
Smith, Mark E. (2008). vII. The Lough Press & AMarquisManipulationProductions. [AKA the Blue Lyrics Book]
