DIE IN THE SUMMERTIME

DISCOGRAPHY: The Holy Bible
LYRICS: Richey James
MUSIC: James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore
QUOTES: "Condition of old age - youth always remembered fondly. OAP wants to die with favourite memory month in mind. Adult memories tawdry, of little value."
(Richey James; THB Tourbook)

"Again, it's all Richey's, and there's lots of disturbing images: 'Scratch my leg with a rusty nail/sadly it heals.../a tiny animal curled into a quarter circle'. It was one of the first songs we wrote for the album, and I found it pretty disturbing when Richey first showed it to me. Now, of course, it's even more so, and I think this and '4st7lbs' are pretty obviously about Richey's state of mind, which I didn't quite realise at the time. Even if you're quite close to someone, you always try to deny thoughts like that."
(Nicky Wire; Melody Maker 27.8.94)

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