Just for the Record
Marillion * Track #5 On Clutching at Straws
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Just for the Record by Marillion
Release Date
Performed by
MarillionProduced by
Chris KimseyWrited by
Ian Mosley & Peter Trewavas & Steve Rothery & Mark Kelly & Fish (Rock)About
The fifth track on Clutching at Straws continues the story of Torch and his struggle with self doubt and alcoholism.
“Just for the Record” portrays Torch’s delusion that he remains in control of his alcohol and substance abuse and can stop whenever he wants to. Musically it strikes a very different...
Just for the Record Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Many's the time I've been thinking about changing my ways
But when it gets right down to it, it's the same drunken haze
I'm serving a sentence to write life's sentences
It's only when I'm out of it I make sense of this
[Chorus]
Just for the record I'm gonna put it down, down
Just for the record I'm gonna change my life around
[Verse 2]
Just a revolutionary with a pseudonym
Just a barroom dancer on my final fling
Just another writer paying off my dues
Just finding inspiration well that's my excuse
[Chorus]
Just for the record I'm gonna put it down, down
Just for the record I'm gonna change my life around
Just another empty gesture with an empty glass
Just another comic actor behind a tragic mask
[Verse 3]
But I've got no discipline got no self control
Just a little less painful here when my back's against the wall
[Bridge]
It's too late I found, it's too far, I'm in two minds
Both of them are out of it at the bar
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
When you say I got a problem that's a certainty
But I can put it all right down to eccentricity
It's just for the record it's just a passing phase
Just for the record I can stop any day
Just for the Record Q&A
Who wrote Just for the Record's ?
Just for the Record was written by Ian Mosley & Peter Trewavas & Steve Rothery & Mark Kelly & Fish (Rock).
Who produced Just for the Record's ?
Just for the Record was produced by Chris Kimsey.
When did Marillion release Just for the Record?
Marillion released Just for the Record on Mon Jun 22 1987.
What did Marillion say about "Just for the Record"?
In an interview with Debbie Voller for No 1 Magazine on 30 May 1987, Fish said:
This is about being in a happy mood and knocking drinks back in the bar and going, ‘I can stop any day, it’s noooo problem! I havnee got a drink problem!, and in actual fact you’ve got a severe drink problem!