Studio was a hexagon Old men were sat on one side Opposite three bored triplets I stood in the middle Fumbling with two tin packets
Listen while I tell this tale of woe The worm in the bacon of B.B. His name was Love But how were they to know Mike's gift was only poison
When I died, love was all around When I died, love was in the air When I died, love was everywhere When I died, captain, eye, peculiar wind
So hoist the cats away And the mouse he did play The plots came thick and fast Satanic meditations, shadowy missions So hoist his music on the mast So look at the worm in the bacon Good vibrations, man
When I died, love was all around When I died, love was in the air When I died, love was everywhere When I died, captain, eye, peculiar wind
Well, then I died Turned the beat to the brink To post his name high Thick and fast on the mast Sail is all broken
The story of love The story of love The story of love
When I died, love was all around When I died, love was in the air When I died, love was everywhere When I died, captain, eye, peculiar wind
When I died, love was all around When I died, love was in the air When I died, love was everywhere When I died, captain, eye, peculiar wind
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Mike’s Love Xexagon” [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]
