What you put in mouth, a lot of things that weren't there Pre-assumptions don't bring a harvest But I love the justice and [ ] melancholy
Don't speak, just think Look down, shut up Don't frown, you fucked up The truth, the lie
The feeling that makes you intelligent species Truth, the invention of a layer
Captivated in ha-ha juice injustice The lie down liar strikes back Your neck is growing, oh Only humans carry their fast around Their past around Implode into realit
Don't drive, don't sleep Don't laugh, just vibe The blood, the good The bad, ha ha
Collaging your memories fast I'll be good when I'm still but while meek
Pictureless memories dissolve in a panic Motif - the one can see oneself in the mould It can be different With all boys and girls dead Two - the one can see oneself in the world It can be different
Don't speak, just think Look down, shut up Don't frown, you fucked up The truth, the lie And the fatal, and the up And the down And the fatal, and the up And the down
Boys and the dead too are armed Like the abdominisers and private investigators Looking for a cheap coffee Hunting out limeys Or I'm just buying a drink Wanna be my one, laddie?
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “The Past #2” [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]
