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Strongly inspired by Dostoevsky’s novella Notes from (the) Underground, the rantings of a retired member of the 19th-century Russian bureaucracy whose contempt for the rest of humanity is exceeded only by that for himself.
[Verse 1]
I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin
My irritability keeps me alive and kicking
I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit
I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it
[Chorus]
This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact
[Verse 2]
I know the highest and the best
I accord them all due respect
But the brightest jewel inside of me
Glows with pleasure at my own stupidity
[Chorus]
This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact
[Verse 3]
I used to make phantoms I could later chase
Images of all that could be desired
Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings
And then I just got tired
[Chorus]
This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact
A Song From Under the Floorboards was written by John McGeoch & Howard Devoto & Barry Adamson & John Doyle & Dave Formula.
A Song From Under the Floorboards was produced by Martin Hannett.
Magazine released A Song From Under the Floorboards on Fri May 02 1980.