I watch as it sprays the wall, and then I fall. A hand swipes at me, taking blood with it. His height and bulk dwarf me, the floor sinks like wet sand.
Laughter roars through the room shaking the chandelier and the pillars that are holding up the ceiling like their lives depended on it.Įyes lock mine, a nursery rhyme tinkles in the background. My hair on end, here he chooses to stand. Each cord strikes at my nerve endings, pricking them like needles. I watch as he rises as if to his congregation, the organ behind his seat begins playing his theme, a theme of my impending doom. The main-boss feels I have the upper-hand and can see I am about to land the killer blow, raises his arm which is pushing with life from the cables and tubes connected, and shoots a jet of light through the unnamed, long-haired man, taking the glory for himself. And like the real world, I feel blows but the pain soon goes with power-ups I find hidden in breakable objects. The air, the ground, he’s coming at me from all angles. This is one tough boss, one I have not come across in all these hours given to the joy of the arcade. His right-hand number one guy is in a season for pain and with me, he aims to get his pleasure. You’re at his knees, leashed like a beast. Through into a ballroom he sits in a high-backed padded chair. I punch through the doors and into the concourse, hot for your heels. No time, the rocket flies and there is nothing left but bits of bodies, burning bikes, and limousine. Backdrop red, the lair is ahead.Ĭover fire, the tyrant has her curves concealed up the staircase through the entrance. Punks on two-wheels have joined ahead and automatically fire round-upon-round at the windshield.ĭodging bullets, burning vehicles, and dustbins I can see a large building looming. Jump in the parked cop car sirens blazing and bazooka waving I’m aiming for a tire, window wipers on flicking away the perspiration. I want her back, I want her back! The chase is on. I have arrived.īut in a moment you are snatched from my reaching hands by a presence I was unaware of, moving in the alley of shadows, now like vapor you are away under a cloak of black. No words needed, my heart beating and flexing my chest Streets of Rage-Esq. Lit by liquid neon and curved like Cleopatra, I was coming at you through the screen.įalling, falling just like I wanted! Falling 16bit-by-bit to you.Ĭool captivation of your blue eyes in the cruel cruel concrete that’s been decimated around us. Then, about to leave, I saw you! Not part of the game, not the usual dame. get lost in the play, day through the night through the day. I wanted to fall into the machines, fall into the lights, the movements, the energy. I saw the sky for the very first time andĬos we’ve been running for way too long (Too Long)Ĭos I can see the pain in your eyes (I see it in your eyes) I would see you one more time and once again (Beaten again, Beaten again, Beaten again)
My primary source for these lyrics is The Fall Online. I have altered the lyrics when my ears contradict the testimony of the transcriptions there.Īt the bottom of the page for each song, there is a section entitled "More Information.I see your eyes through the blinding lights I also encourage readers to freely use the comment section below each song to expound on the matter in any direction they choose, as well as to offer suggestions and corrections. A quick word about interpretation: many of the Fall's lyrics are resistant to a single reading, and none of the interpretations offered here are meant to be the final word or claim to be the only correct way to understand a lyric. Smith), and corrections and suggestions are always very welcome. This site is dedicated to annotating the lyrics of the Fall (the vast majority of which are written by Mark E. That's all I can say about it really." (Mark E. "I don't know what I'm writing about, I'm just writing. The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click).The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall.