The 6th track off Portishead’s debut album Dummy is an interesting case as it is not included on the vinyl copy of the album or the original European and UK releases of the album.
[Verse 1]
It's a fire
These dreams that pass me by
This salvation I desire
Keeps getting me down
'Cause we need to
Recognize mistakes
For time and again
[Chorus]
So let it be known for what we believe in
I can see no reason for it to fail
'Cause this life is a farce
I can't breathe through this mask
Like a fool
So breathe on, sister, breathe on
[Verse 2]
From this oneself
Testify or tell
It's fooling us now
[Chorus]
So let it be known for what we believe in
I can see no reason for it to fail
'Cause this life is a farce
I can't breathe through this mask
Like a fool
So breathe on, little sister, breathe on
Ah, so breathe on, little sister, like a fool
It’s A Fire was written by Geoff Barrow & Beth Gibbons & Adrian Utley.
It’s A Fire was produced by Portishead & Adrian Utley.
Portishead released It’s A Fire on Mon Aug 22 1994.
Utley: That’s one of Beth’s old tracks, and it had some really strange chord changes in it.
Barrow: Beth wrote it entirely. I think she got a beat tape off of Andy Smith that had just some loops on it, and she just sampled it up and looped it in a really weird place. It was great. I wish I had done...