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This is The Fall’s version of the folk song I Come and Stand at Every Door, an English language song based on a poem by Nâzım Hikmet-Ran about a victim of the Hiroshima bombing. The tune for the poem is based on a traditional song called The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry, or Silkie, and is arranged by...
I come and stand at every door
But no-one hears my silent plea
I knock and yet remain unseen
For I am dead for I am dead
I need no fruit nor even rice
I need no meat nor even bread
And I need nothing for myself
When children die they do not grow
I woke one day to ash in light
My eyes grew dim my eyes grew bright
Death came and turned my bones to dust
And scattered swirling in the wind
I need no fruit nor even spice
I need no sweet or even bread
And I need nothing for myself
I Come and Stand at Your Door was written by Julia Nagle & Nâzım Hikmet & James Waters.
I Come and Stand at Your Door was produced by Mark E. Smith.
The Fall released I Come and Stand at Your Door on Mon Sep 29 1997.