[Note: Gavin Friday's vocal contributions are in parentheses]
It was a thing with a head like a spud ball It was a song, the song we were looking for
I always have to state to myself It has nothing to do with me He has nothing, he is not me (His vendetta parchment)
Floating grey abundance against my palace of conscience (Our hero deeply loved) (Moonlit walks past privet and wide-leaved foliage)
I'll tell you of the rats in this world Fawning in place with The Face1 Men coming between each other For the sake of a two minute urge (It is headless) Worth five dollars London And cursed anon
Our hero, still deeply loved Moonlit walks past privet and wide-leaved It was no more a net of mesh It was class He did not blink a lid (He embraced his self-imposed gorgeous adult net) 2 And breathed And it was class And it was class And no no-man's land ever had this And no no-man's land ever had this No no-man's land ever had this Ever had this
Their follies are strong liberation
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Footnotes
Apparently a reference to The Face magazine (1980 – 2004, relaunched online in 2019), founded by former New Musical Express editor Nick Logan. He also founded Smash Hits and Arena among other titles. ↩︎
“Adult Net” was subsequently borrowed by Brix for the name of her band. ↩︎
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