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The Fan and the Bellows Lyrics
A Beecher's Brook is love
A hurdle at which greater men have fallen
She manipulates
Steals my mind and hides it in her garden
But now
Only love can bring me down
Somehow
Somehow love must bring me down
I've become the fan and the bellows
Cupid masturbates
Absent of all thought and all reason
Shoots me in the back
I think perhaps it must be shooting season
But now
Only love can bring me down
Somehow
Somehow love must bring me down
I've become the fan and the bellows
Not me
Not me
But now
Only love can bring me down
I've become the fan and the bellows
Somehow love must bring me down
I've becom the fan and the bellows
A hurdle at which greater men have fallen
She manipulates
Steals my mind and hides it in her garden
Only love can bring me down
Somehow
Somehow love must bring me down
I've become the fan and the bellows
Absent of all thought and all reason
Shoots me in the back
I think perhaps it must be shooting season
Only love can bring me down
Somehow
Somehow love must bring me down
I've become the fan and the bellows
Not me
Only love can bring me down
I've become the fan and the bellows
Somehow love must bring me down
I've becom the fan and the bellows
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Mark and Reg did a lot of acid. To me, This song has always about being so high that only the connection of intimacy is capable of easing you into a quasi-normal state of mind, but you don’t trust your relationship enough to give into that and it feeds the fire - the fan and the bellows - of the mania/desperation.
Do not let your feelings ruin your daily life
It's about falling in love despite your better judgement. More specifically, the song is about the old Victorian romantic sensibilities, and a man who can't fight his feelings for a woman. The imagery of the brecher's brook, cupid, the fan and the bellows are all meant to evoke the Victorian era.