Dork and Glass Animals have announced a one-night-only ‘How To Be A Human Being’ anniversary party•

Stella Lefty has announced her debut album 'Long Way Home'•

venbee has announced her new EP 'back to the drawing board' with 'stars (john's local)'•

HMLTD have returned with their confrontational new single 'Blitzkrieg'•

Slayyyter is buying herself out of heartbreak with 'brand new chanel$'•

Remi Wolf has returned with buttless banger 'Twiggy'•

Keo have packed out a Manchester skatepark for their new 'Pistol' video•

Rachel Chinouriri has announced her second album 'I think I spoke too soon'•

Mercury Prize has revealed this year's 12 shortlisted albums•

Do Nothing question life on autopilot with their new single 'Act Natural'•

Robyn has released a new version of 'Talk To Me' with Zara Larsson•

Dua Lipa's London Literature Festival has revealed its full programme•

Down With Boring reports in from Dork's Latitude 2026 takeover•

NCT 127 have announced their seventh full-length album 'BLINGY'•

Nieve Ella has announced her debut album 'How Long Will It Take?'•

Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•

The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•

flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•

Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•

JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•

Dork and Glass Animals have announced a one-night-only ‘How To Be A Human Being’ anniversary party•

Stella Lefty has announced her debut album 'Long Way Home'•

venbee has announced her new EP 'back to the drawing board' with 'stars (john's local)'•

HMLTD have returned with their confrontational new single 'Blitzkrieg'•

Slayyyter is buying herself out of heartbreak with 'brand new chanel$'•

Remi Wolf has returned with buttless banger 'Twiggy'•

Keo have packed out a Manchester skatepark for their new 'Pistol' video•

Rachel Chinouriri has announced her second album 'I think I spoke too soon'•

Mercury Prize has revealed this year's 12 shortlisted albums•

Do Nothing question life on autopilot with their new single 'Act Natural'•

Robyn has released a new version of 'Talk To Me' with Zara Larsson•

Dua Lipa's London Literature Festival has revealed its full programme•

Down With Boring reports in from Dork's Latitude 2026 takeover•

NCT 127 have announced their seventh full-length album 'BLINGY'•

Nieve Ella has announced her debut album 'How Long Will It Take?'•

Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•

The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•

flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•

Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•

JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•

Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION

Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS

Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Playlist Covers

Playlist Directory

Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS

After Gates-FESTIVAL SESSIONS

Music Video Directory

Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST

Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED

Dork Radio

Live

Live 24/7

Dork Radio

Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

August 2026

Latest issue variants

Dork, August 2026 (Fat Dog cover)

Fat Dog

Dork, August 2026 (Ravyn Lenae cover)

Ravyn Lenae

Dork, August 2026 (Yard Act cover)

Yard Act

Advertise|Support|About Dork|Privacy Policy|Genres|Years|Sitemap|RSS|Cookie settings

© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Advertise on this site.

The Fall – Taking Off (2011) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
The Fall
Ersatz GB
Taking Off

TRACK

Taking Off

Release date: 14th November 2011

More on The Fall

About This Track

"Taking Off" is a track by The Fall, from the album Ersatz GB, released 14th November 2011. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about The Fall.

About the Artist

The Fall

The Fall

Lyrics

Taking Off

Take off!

6pm, Bonjela complexion

Taking off

Stress at four is forbid

Silence 6pm

Bonjela completion

To servant

To servant to stress

Take it off

Too stressed

To Simon, to chef

Ersatz! Ersatz!

Invest, toupee!

Enter, tidying, tied in!

Echoed eyeballs

By skips

Take off

Grating three-fold

In a furrow

Lack of paper

Take off

You never told me, Simon

About the forty carat scum

At Newquay train station

Take off at weekends!

Digest, ingest

Taking, success

Source, to chef

Digress, ingest

Take off

In success, respect

Digress, before

Eon, take off

Stop, take off

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From Ersatz GB

2011

Listen

Album

Release year

2011

—Taking Off
—Age Of Chang
—Cosmos 7
—Happi Song
—I've Seen Them Come
—Monocard
—Mask Search
—Greenway
—Nate Will Not Return

More from The Fall

Albums & EPs

Singles Live Vol. One 1978-81

Grotesque (After the Gramme) [Expanded Edition]

Grotesque (After the Gramme) [Expanded Edition]

Grotesque Rescue

O-Mit - EP

Live @ MOHO, Manchester 11th November 2009

Live @ MOHO, Manchester 11th November 2009

Live At St. Helens Technical College, 1981

Explore

More tracks by The Fall

Totally Wired (Red Axes Edit) [Mixed]

Twister (BBC Session)

Australians in Europe (BBC Session)

Athlete Cured (BBC Session)

In My AreaSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81

It's The New ThingSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81

Psykick Dancehall #2Singles Live Vol. One 1978-81

Rowche RumbleSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81

2nd Dark AgeSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81

City HobgoblinsSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81

Fiery JackSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81

Various TimesSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81

How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'Singles Live Vol. One 1978-81

Down JTGrotesque Rescue

Gramme RomanceGrotesque Rescue

All About WMC Blob 59Grotesque Rescue

Impression Of J. TemperanceGrotesque (After the Gramme) [Expanded Edition]

English SchemeGrotesque (After the Gramme) [Expanded Edition]

W.M.C. - Blob 59Grotesque (After the Gramme) [Expanded Edition]

NWRA GirlGrotesque Rescue

View all tracks by The Fall →

2nd Dark AgeSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81
All About WMC Blob 59Grotesque Rescue
Athlete Cured (BBC Session)
Australians in Europe (BBC Session)
City HobgoblinsSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81
Down JTGrotesque Rescue
English SchemeGrotesque (After the Gramme) [Expanded Edition]
2:17
Fiery JackSingles Live Vol. One 1978-81
Gramme RomanceGrotesque Rescue
How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'Singles Live Vol. One 1978-81

Showing 10 of 20

If you like The Fall

Magazine

Magazine

Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu

Swell Maps

Swell Maps

Public Image Ltd.

Public Image Ltd.

Wire

Wire

The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

READ MORE ABOUT THE FALL

The Fall of Grunge: How the 1990s Music Scene Evolved Beyond the Sound

The Fall of Grunge: How the 1990s Music Scene Evolved Beyond the Sound

By the mid-to-late 1990s, the grunge era began to fade.

12 Sept 2024 • 8:41 am

The Fall frontman Mark E. Smith has died aged 60

The Fall frontman Mark E. Smith has died aged 60

He passed yesterday morning at home.

25 Jan 2018 • 11:10 am