Ba da ba da ba da ba da! Late twentieth century was late and just said "yes" or "no" And was mistaken for sarcasm, even belligerent Noun, 'to fight'
Putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be back someday Prisoner for a year and a day Putting me away but I'll be back someday
A bust doorbell sound and the door broken down A doorbell sound and the door broken down They rang and rang but I never went down And now they're putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be ba ba ba ba ba ba bow Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bow
They rang and rang but I never went down When people ring I never go down All metal walls now I'm sent down And they're putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be back someday
My nice side's gone but it won't be long Si-si long now it's gone Just two girls and a millionaire And they're putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be ba ba ba ba ba ba bow Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bow
No sex or records for a year and a day They're putting me away
I've been bunged up, I've been banged up I've been moved up, I've been banged up I said ba da ba da ba da badaaaaa
Peel Session Version
Late twentieth century was late and just said "yes" or "no" And was mistaken for sarcasm, even belligerent Noun, 'to fight'
Putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be back someday Prisoner for a year and a day Putting me away but I'll be back someday
A bust doorbell sound and the door broken down A doorbell sound and the door broken down They rang and rang but I never went down And now they're putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be back someday
I thought it was a follower, friend, rent-man or split end Follower, friend or some local men I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day
Well now they're putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be back someday
They rang and rang but I never went down When people ring I never go down All metal walls now I'm sent down And they're putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be ba ba ba ba ba ba bow Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bow
My nice side's gone My nice-side gone but it won't be long Si-si long now it's gone Just two girls and a millionaire And they're putting me away but I'll be back someday Putting me away but I'll be back someday
No sex or records for a year and a day They're putting me away but I'll be back someday Someday
“Late twentieth century was late and just said ‘yes’ or ‘no’ / And was mistaken for sarcasm, even belligerent” This is describing a world that has lost its nuance. If you don’t speak the plain language of the wage packet society, your silence or your complexity is viewed as an act of war—a “Noun, ‘to fight’.” “They rang and rang but I never went down.” This is the stance of The Fall, total refusal to engage with the “callers” (as we’ve seen with other songs on this album, they could include the Gas Board, the police, the critics). Because he wouldn’t go down to meet them, they broke the door down. “All metal walls” may represent the shift from experiencing your rented flat as a home to a prison cell. “Year and a day” is a specific legal and folkloric term. In old English law, if a person died within a year and a day of an assault, the attacker could be charged with murder. In fairy tales, it’s the standard length of a curse or a sentence. “No sex or records for a year and a day” These are two things that make life bearable. Being put away isn’t just about losing freedom; it’s about being cut off from human connection. “My nice side’s gone” Prison or social ostracization has stripped away the narrator’s nice side. What’s left is the shouting, the heavy clout, and the one note, all referenced in other songs on the album. “I’ll be back someday.” The Fall is almost threatening his listeners that he’ll be “back someday,” that they won’t end even after a year and a day sentence. They are just resting in the metal walls before coming back to mix the pop-stock (from a prior song on the album) once more.
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