The Fallen (Htth Edit) Lyrics by Franz Ferdinand
So they say you’re troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well what’s wrong with a little destruction?
And the cunts won’t talk to you
Because you kissed Saint Rollox adieu
Because you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?
Did I see you in a limousine
Fling out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
For the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us
Yeah, we’re all
So we stole and drank champagne
On the seventh seal, you said you never feel pain
“I never feel pain, won’t you hit me again?”
“I need a bit of black and blue to be a Rotation”
In my blood, I felt bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist an eyebrow burst
You’ve a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fall to the floor fainting at the sight of blood
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
You turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
Be they Magdalene or virgin you’ve already been
You’ve already been, we’ve already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us to be
So I’m sorry if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt that you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your name
So they say you’re troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word – the word is destroy
I break this bottle and think of you fondly
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore of a hostel
Or the son of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
It’s not a jag in the arm
It’s a nail in the beam
On this barren Earth
You scatter your seed
Be they Magdalene or Virgin
You’ve already been
You’ve already been
We’ve already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
If you judge us
We’re all damned