I opened the box of imperial stuff And to my surprise I found twenty-five warriors Warriors, with shields
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
I opened the box of imperial love And to my surprise I found twenty-five warriors with ribbons
Land of tolerance Saints like me With good word for everybody
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
Everybody
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
I found imperious ribbons I opened the box and to my surprise I found love Imperial stuff
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
I opened the box I was well perplexed I opened the box It was orthodox It was looking at me with imperial love I opened the box
I opened the b b b b b b b b [ ]
Land of return to seat Land of bounty Land of dope cake
I opened the box
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
I opened the box and to my surprise I found twenty-five warriors At the bottom At the bottom At the bottom At the bottom
Open the box, open the box Open the goddam box!
Commentary
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Boxoctosis Alarum
Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Open The Boxoctosis” [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]
