The Fallen lyrics
by Franz Ferdinand



So they say you're a 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 Kunst won't talk to you

Cause you kissed St. Rollox adieu

Cause you robbed a supermarket or two

Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?



Did I see you in a limousine

Flinging out the fish and the unleavened

Turn the rich into wine

As you walk on the mean

Well the fallen are the virtuous among us

Walk among us

Never judge us

Yeah we're all---

Up now and get 'em, boy

Up now and get 'em, boy

Drink to the devil

And death to the doctors



Did I see you in a limousine

Flinging out the fish and the unleavened

Five thousand users fed today

Oh as you feed us

Won't you lead us

To be blessed



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 at Virgin you've already been

You've already been and we've already seen

That the fallen are the virtuous among us

Walk among us

Never judge us

To be blessed



So I'm sorry if I ever resisted

I never had a doubt 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, think of you fondly



Did I see you in a limousine

Flinging out the fish and the unleavened

To the whore in a hostel

Or the scum 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

And you've already seen...



Yeah you've already been,

You've already seen

That the fallen are the virtuous among us

Walk among us

Oh if you judge us

We're all damned.






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