Lyrics
Levitate
This is new!
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
Account is altered
And nine year olds walk around
In debt record
Account altered
The grim visage
Account is delta
All yours
The web descends
Look to your grey hairs
And back your horses
About a week
A special allowance ran out yesterday
The masquerade
The masquerade
The masqueraderie
Like a fish dish
The grim visage
Altered again and again
The fifty percent interest
Ran out today
Account altered
In succour
All granted
Knew your desperate comrades
Evaporated
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
That has the pipe of aluminium sprawling underneath it?
You rich pig
What behell's it?
The masquerade
The masquerade
The masqueraderie
The web descends
Look to your grey hairs
And back your horses
About a week
A special allowance ran out yesterday
The masquerade
The masquerade
The masqueraderie
Like a fish dish
The grim visage
Altered again
And again
The fifty percent interest
Ran out today
In Bolton
In succour
All granted
Knew you
Peel Session
This is new
Fresh
Fresh and new
They asked, was this branch?
The bran ...
The masquerade
They were wrong
It was a light aluminium branch, wrongly cut
The masquerade man lives alone
He was succeeded by Mahatmed, the marked man
Which led ...
The destruction is ...
The destruction is forecast in the Old Testament
He had one song to sing
Like a flame
He acted out of hand
They thought, "peculiar man"
And what is that branch?
He smiled valiantly
To the turn of your wit
The green wire-mesh fence held him in
Like all men, he did flow
He was mistaken for the man
He needed
And ten more days to ask desktop to enter
[ ]
The masquerade
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
That leaves the tree, into aluminium
A wire fence
Over and over again
And ten year olds run around
For affection
For affection
And ...
The masquerade
The masquerade
The masquerade
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
That leaves the pipes, into aluminium
Your [ ]
In surgery
Scram
Masquerade
The masquerade
Nothing you say whatsoever
In [ ]
Forty-five minutes
Really matters
Is that clear?
If you disagree
Take your grotto
Come round
And ...
And like a fish dish
The evil entered into your ...
A warning cone
Again and again
You're still green
Fences encumbered
The masquerade
Commentary
< Post in progress >
Mr. Natural Mix
PWL Mix
Single version
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
Account is altered
And nine year olds walk around
In debt record
Account altered
The grim visage
Account is delta
All yours
The web descends
Look to your grey hairs
And back your horses
About a week
A special allowance ran out yesterday
The masquerade
The masquerade
The masqueraderie
Like a fish dish
The grim visage
Altered again and again
The fifty percent interest
Ran out today
Account altered
In succour
All granted
Knew your desperate comrades
And what is that branch?
What branch is it?
Account is altered
And nine year olds walk around
In debt record
Account altered
The grim visage
[ ]
The web descends
Look to your grey hairs
And back your horses
About a week
A special allowance ran out yesterday
The Masquerade
The Masquerade
The Masqueraderie
Footnotes
Sources / Links
- The Annotated Fall: “Masquerade” [Archived]
- Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin.
- The Track Record: “Masquerade”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.
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Hi.
Do you need to add an extra entry to the singles/eps list for the 2017 RSD 7” Masquerade release? I don’t think they were new mixes but it’s still an official single.
Ken
I wasn’t going to include it, but on reflection I think you’re right and I should.
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