Rest in peace mark e Smith. You changed my life as you changed so many of our lives. You’d hate this but it’s true. You are hip priest. Roman totale lives on!
Not sure if I got the intended meaning of the lyrics but the words did evoke memories of my dear departed father... A 1920s Great Depression child who saw much poverty, war and human suffering, yet he still always had time for and dedication to his family. Always a trier, rarely gave up on any thing except, in the last few years of his life, as he surrendered to the finality of death, he would often say, "Ive lived too long." He had lost the will to go on after losing his wife (my mother) years earlier and the children were all grown adults. So sad to see him end this way. Anyway, thanks for the song, Mark E. Smith and band (The Fall). Full of melancholia but with a gentle acceptance of the inevitable.
Crow's feet are ingrained on my face And I'm living too late Try to wash the black off my face, but it's ingrained And I'm living too late Sleepless, in-control spleen Agreed ace family Must have stump tripod in the genes I'm immune to things In my dreams I saw through the trees O'er the poison river locks Talk treacherous would beat But still my heart, it is rock Finally going through old parasite gate But there's a 24-hour clock watch And I'm living too late Think Sometimes life is like a new bar Plastic seats, beer below par Food with no taste, music grates I'm living too late Once talking was my favourite while But now I know a conversation's end Before it's done Maybe I'm living too long The daylight: I see trouble on the streets Fearing catastrophe to meet Walk down the devil's boulevard But still, my heart is hard... They say them cellars were't even black But I know they're wrong Think it's one Been Living Too Long Eyes like two TV screens Continual open Feel no pain I live again I'm super sad sweet sad Line is cracked Vision gone I'm living too long)
Mark yes, prestwich a most definite no. Sorry but truth hurts. Even 'zoe' from Wythenshaw showed me how even that place is better. now as THAT anything to be proud of? Can we just leave it as Salford, Lancashire like mark did please, cause I personally never left Lancashire, not even when Manchester became greater.
saw them at the seymour theatre circa 1987 wtih Michael Clark - smashing - I'm frae 'Aberdeen This song was so raw and aggressive then - unlike the album version
Thought the great man MES could have done without the high pitched vocals at certain points to spoil ,but thats just him,and when all is said and done you love it anyway best band eva,but toss up with the Cramps when drunk.
One of my favourite 200 Fall songs.
I’m in my 50s and only now just scratching the surface of The Fall. So much to admire.so much to love. RIP all of the fallen. ❤️
Welcome to the greatest band that ever existed. Prepare to be addicted for life.
yes, oh yes, oh and yes.........spot on.
2nd greatest*
I totes am already
Literally
What can you say
"Sometimes life is like a new bar, plastic seats beer below par." Most Mark Edward Smith line ever.
It catches the ear instantly
Rest in peace mark e Smith. You changed my life as you changed so many of our lives. You’d hate this but it’s true. You are hip priest. Roman totale lives on!
you are still with us mark
Ben Grant ditto bro x
I've listened to this song about 20 times today, absolute genius, irreplaceable. RIP
Only one man
could write such a brilliant song......R.I.P. Mark
TFR.
We'll never hear music like this again.
too right about that
Whatever the music sounds like it will never mean as much to people as this again. There's no chance in this culture
Seemingly, another 'off the cuff remark' and song-ramble, but the production is impeccable. A true gem of a tune.
Not sure if I got the intended meaning of the lyrics but the words did evoke memories of my dear departed father... A 1920s Great Depression child who saw much poverty, war and human suffering, yet he still always had time for and dedication to his family. Always a trier, rarely gave up on any thing except, in the last few years of his life, as he surrendered to the finality of death, he would often say, "Ive lived too long." He had lost the will to go on after losing his wife (my mother) years earlier and the children were all grown adults. So sad to see him end this way. Anyway, thanks for the song, Mark E. Smith and band (The Fall). Full of melancholia but with a gentle acceptance of the inevitable.
Crow's feet are ingrained on my face
And I'm living too late
Try to wash the black off my face, but it's ingrained
And I'm living too late
Sleepless, in-control spleen
Agreed ace family
Must have stump tripod in the genes
I'm immune to things
In my dreams
I saw through the trees
O'er the poison river locks
Talk treacherous would beat
But still my heart, it is rock
Finally going through old parasite gate
But there's a 24-hour clock watch
And I'm living too late
Think
Sometimes life is like a new bar
Plastic seats, beer below par
Food with no taste, music grates
I'm living too late
Once talking was my favourite while
But now I know a conversation's end
Before it's done
Maybe I'm living too long
The daylight:
I see trouble on the streets
Fearing catastrophe to meet
Walk down the devil's boulevard
But still, my heart is hard...
They say them cellars were't even black
But I know they're wrong
Think it's one
Been
Living Too Long
Eyes like two TV screens
Continual open
Feel no pain
I live again
I'm super sad sweet sad
Line is cracked
Vision gone
I'm living too long)
whoa whoa whoa
Surely the best song ever written about a midlife crisis.
Luv
Never lived long enough. RIP Mark,thank you for the memories you have left us.
Never lived long enough but wrote enough Songs to last 3 lifetimes
One chord all the way through, no fuckin about.
+dermot51 fuckin with robots
dermot51 2 Chords!
Living Too Late, brilliant ....
Bass line
At 1.40 it changes slightly but could be keys.
This track is so Cool it just coast's along with a groove all it's own impeccably.
Should be our national anthem
Does it get any better than this ?
Good as it ever was.👌
Gutted, really gutted. RIP Mark.....Prestwich, Manchester, Englands finest.
Mark yes, prestwich a most definite no. Sorry but truth hurts. Even 'zoe' from Wythenshaw showed me how even that place is better. now as THAT anything to be proud of? Can we just leave it as Salford, Lancashire like mark did please, cause I personally never left Lancashire, not even when Manchester became greater.
made it out in time. livin just right. shivers, the guy still gives me goosebumps.
You were my teenage ,slang king , my musical everything , the one and only hip priest , xxxx💗
Wherever you have gone I have gone 😢
This is my favorite song of ALL TIME!!!
The most charismatic singer/songwriter of all time.The mans a fucking genius,a peerless performer and .........(ran out of superlatives)
best fall song ever ,,, heartbraking
Love this Man, his art , his muse , his brilliance.
Rest In Peace Mark.We Love You
Not often you hear the great man sound SAD. Beautiful.
Great music. Encapsulates the attitude and ethos of 80s Manchester.
He was a poetic writer and a battle-scarred singer in the Smoggy pubs and bloody clubs.
3am Lecture by Professor Smith
my first fave Fall track when I got into them in May or June of 1998 while a student in Salford.
Une légende du post punk et un morceau de ma jeunesse envolé!! R.i.p Mark E Smith🤐
Yep, sucks huh. And now we're stuck with Sam Smith Taylor Swift LaVey and 'drill'. Hhhhhh. Prayer is at least worth a try.
Btw if you're female, and French.. I love you xx
I salute you sir, genius, sadly missed
YES.
*"walk down the devil's boulevard* /
*but still my heart is hard"* 🎶
cool
Classic, Epic, Trippy Living To Late !!
Tears in my eyes :-(
...even more tears now. R.I.P.M.E.S.
one of my fav fall songs of all time
The Fall are fucking great…RIP MES 😢
I've always loved this track too. Haunting.
one of favourite songs of all time
R.I.P. Mark E.
All about repetition. Love the Fall
Mark gave himself sole credit for writing this song ......
Beautiful
Fascinating
one of my top 5 favorite fall songs..
RIP Mark E Smith.
DEATH OF A LEGEND 24.01.2018
easily in my top 5 favorite the fall tracks
One of their best songs.
Still fucking saddens me when I listen to the music..............
iam hooked born1959
Again, perfection.
Love this.
Mark, you good thing.
Of all time Simon Thompson, of all time.
R I P Mark E Smith.
rest in vitriol
Killer base line
Robert Dunn every Hanley bass line!
Genius!!
Não compro nada que o google me oferta nos anúncios. Só gosto de música!
disturbingly good
R.I.P Mark E. Smith
I'm losing my edge?
Unfeasably good.
KILLER SONG
Me too way too long.RIP any luck i will be along soon.
yip, that's me at around 1:04!
great edit, thanks!
yes mark!
RIP Mark.
Samantha fox's favourite song.
she didnt get it but her criticism is understandable. i think it would be any average persons criticism.
it's just baffling to me that i'm hearing The Fall for the first time in 2013 A.D.
Luis Javier Guerra better late than never. you are in for a treat.
Heard in '04 Never the same
Some go through an entire life without hearing them. You have been chosen. Accept the gift that is freely given.
Too cool.
On Mark'll Sink Us, he croons - I want that track but it's nowhere on RUclips.
I Bow ,M9 kid who met him at Midd civic hall with Jacko (who sadley is no longer with us) cheers kid.
*_Mark, imho, did not live late enough, alas_*
saw them at the seymour theatre circa 1987 wtih Michael Clark - smashing - I'm frae 'Aberdeen
This song was so raw and aggressive then - unlike the album version
Kept me going this song still one of the greats
Genius
Not late enough, RIP Mark.
rip
this simply exellent *
RIP, M.E.S.
I'm immune to things in my dreams.
Peace MES
please come back fallfanuk
third day of doing all sorts of drugs now...with friends..no sleep(think why?)...never felt so much alive
RIP
I made a video to a Fall song last year, to see it just type in the search bar above....'The Fall Paintwork Prestwich'
True Beauty (beauty will be convulsive or not at all....)
Ma vie aurait pu être pire . J'aurais pu ne pas avoir connu Mark Eric Smith
Thought the great man MES could have done without the high pitched vocals at certain points to spoil ,but thats just him,and when all is said and done you love it anyway best band eva,but toss up with the Cramps when drunk.
yip yop, I saw
i am
I have the 12'' ep. Much dirtier version than this.
once talking was my favorite while, but now no conversation ends
lmfao.
stereolab
lol, yeah right.
I can totally hear that. Speed it up, French it up and fancy it up a bit... Could easily have been an influence on Stereolab.