Joy Division 1977 - 1980

Seen the troubles and the evils of this world
I've seen the stretches between godliness and sin
I've had the promise and confessions of true faith
And the hypocrisy that always lies within
And they left it for you , all of this for you   
I've seen the products and the other world of waste
I've seen the colour of corruption deep within
I've seen them lose themselves in dignity and taste
To see in black and white and through to black again
And they left it for you all of this for you
 
And they left it for you all of this for you
And they left it for you everything for you
I've seen the troubles and the evils of this world
I've seen the ones who can succeed but always lose
I've seen what's left of poor technology and work
And watched them dying as they leave their ship of fools
And they left it for you all of this for you
 

A Means to an End

A legacy so far removed one day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind we were the better kind
Two the same, set free too I always looked to you
 
We fought for good, stood side by side our friendship never died
On stranger ways, the lows and highs our vision touched the skies
Immortalists with points to prove I put my trust in you
 
A house somewhere on foreign soil, where ageing lovers call
Is this your goal, your final needs, where dogs and vultures eat?
Committed still, I turn to go I put my trust in you
In you, in you, in you put my trust in you, in you

At a Later Date
 
Why must we be put down when we try to get away ?
Why must we all grow up when we could just play and play ?
Good things in life are free can't buy everything, that's true
Only one thing wrong with that what it don't buy I don't use
 
Only thing I'm thinking of is why are we all here ?
There must be more to do at nights than drinking rotten beer
The world's a very shady place, and you can't trust a soul
"Grin and bear it" seemed the thing, when it just gets a hold
At a later date it might come out a fright
At a later date I hope that you're alright
 
Human beings are dangerous and they call me in the dark
But everything gets twice as cold in marching for a lark
There's loads of things I'd like to do if I could find the time
Working really tires me and I think I'll turn to crime
At a later date I hope they start it soon
At a later date before we hit the moon
 
I just can't be bothered to make an effort here at all
People make you feel your contributions are too small
I just can't be bothered to make an effort here at all
People make you feel your contributions are too small
At a later date I'll be awful great
At a later date, someone somewhere blew it
At a later date at a later date

Atmosphere
 
Walk in silence
Don't walk away in silence
See the danger always danger
Endless talking life rebuilding
Don't walk away
 
Walk in silence
Don't turn away in silence
Your confusion my illusion
Worn like a mask of selfhate
Confronts and then dies
Don't walk away
 
People like you find it easy
Naked to see walking on air
Hunting by rivers, through the streets, every corner
Abandoned too soon
Set down with due care
Don't walk away in silence
Don't walk away

Atrocity Exhibition
 
Asylums with doors open wide
Where people could pay to see inside
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says I still exist
This is the way, step inside
 
In arenas he kills for a prize
Wins a minute to add to his life
But the sickness is drowned by cries for more
Pray to God, make it quick watch him fall
This is the way, step inside
 
You'll see the horrors of a faraway place
Meet the architects of law face to face
See mass murder on a scale you've never seen
And all the ones who try hard to succeed
This is the way, step inside
 
And I picked on the whims of a thousand more
Still pursuing the path that's been buried for years
All the dead wood from jungles and cities on fire,
Can't replace or relate, can't release or repair.
Take my hand, and I'll show you what was and will be.

Autosuggestion
 
Here everything is by design
Everything is by design
Here, here, everything is kept inside
So take a chance and step outside
Your hopes, your dreams, your paradise
Heroes, idols cracked like ice
 
Heere, heere everything is kept inside
So take a chance and step outside
Feel frustration face to face
A point of view creates more waves
So take a chance and step outside
 
Take a chance and step outside
Lose some sleep and say you tried
Meet frustration face to face
A point of view creates more waves
So lose some sleep and say you tried
Say you've tried say you tried
Yeah, lose some sleep and say you tried

Candidate
 
Forced by the pressure, the territory's marked
No longer the pleasure, I've since lost the heart
Corrupted from memory, no longer the power
It's creeping up slowly, that last fatal hour
Oh I don't know what made me, what gave me the right
To mess with your values and change wrong to right
 
Please keep your distance the trail leads to here,
There's blood on your fingers, brought on by fear
I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this
I tried to get to you you treat me like this
It's just second nature, it's what we've been shown
We're living by your rules, that's all that we know
I tried to get to you Oh how I tried to get to you

 
Ceremony
 
This is why events unnerve me
They find it all a different story
Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time
All she asks is the strength to hold me
Then again the same old story
Word will travel oh so quickly
Travel first and lean towards this time
 
I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Watching her, these things she said
The times she cried, too frail to wake this time
 
I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching forever watching forever
Watching love grow forever
Letting me know forever

 
Colony
 
The first two verses on the Closer version are as follows:
 
A cry for help, a hint of anaesthesia
The sound from broken homes we used to meet always here
As he lays asleep she takes him in her arms
Some things I have to do, but I don't mean you harm
 
A worried parent's glance, a kiss, a last goodbye
Hands him the bag she packed a tear she tries to hide
A cruel wind that howls down to our lunacy
And leaves him standing cold here in this colony
 
I can't see why all these confrontations
I can't see why all these dislocations
No family life, this makes me feel uneasy
Stood alone here in this colony
In this colony
 
God in his wisdom took you by the hand
God in his wisdom made you understand
In this colony

 
Day of the Lords
 
This is the room, the start of it all
No portrait so fine, only sheets on the wall
I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained
Where will it end?
 
These are your friends, from childhood through youth
Who goaded you on, demanded more proof
Withdrawal pain's hard, it can do you right in
So distorted and thin, distorted and thin
Where will it end?
 
This is the car at the edge of the road
There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed
I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat
There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak
Where will it end?
 
This is the room, the start of it all
Through childhood, through youth, I remember it all
I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained
Where will it end?

 
Dead Souls
 
Someone take these dreams away
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
That stretch all true reality
That keep calling me they keep calling me
Keep on calling me they keep calling me
 
When figures from the past stand tall
And mocking voices ring the hall
Imperialistic house of prayer
Conquistadors who took their share
That keep calling me they keep calling me
Keep on calling me they keep calling me
 

Decades
 
Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men, well where have they been?
We knocked on doors of Hell's darker chambers
Pushed to the limits, we dragged ourselves in
 
Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen
Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration
The sorrows we suffered and never were free
Where have they been
 
Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever
Can't replace the fear or the thrill of the chase
These rituals showed up the door for our wanderings
Opened and shut, then slammed in our face
Where have they been

 
Digital
 
Feel it closing in, feel it closing in
A fear of whom I call, every time I call
I feel it closing in, I feel it closing in
Day in, day out
 
I feel it closing in, as patterns seem to form
I feel it cold and warm, as shadows start to fall
I feel it closing in, I feel it closing in
Day in, day out
 
I'd have the world around to see just whatever happens
Stood by the door alone, and then it's fade away
I see you fade away, don't ever fade away
I need you here today, don't ever fade away
Fade away

 
Disorder
 
I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand
Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man
New sensations barely interest me for another day
I've go the spirit, lose the feeling, take the shock away
 
It's getting faster, moving faster now, it's getting out of hand
On the tenth floor, down the back stairs, it's a no man's land
Lights are flashing, cars are crashing, getting frequent now
I've got the spirit, lose the feeling, let it out somehow
 
What means to you, what means to me, and we will meet again
I'm watching you, I'm watching her I take no pity from your friends
Who is right, who can tell, and who gives a damn right now
Until the spirit, new sensation takes hold then you know
I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling, feeling, feeling

 
Exercise One
 
When you're looking at life in a strange new room
Maybe drowning soon, is this the start of it all?
Turn on your TV, turn down your pulse
Turn away from it all, it's all getting too much
 
When you're looking at life, deciphering scars
Just who fooled who, sit still in their cars
The lights look bright when you reach outside
Time for one last ride before the end of it all
 

Failures (of the Modern Man)
 
Don't speak of safe messiahs a failure of the modern man
To the centre of our life's desires as a whole not an also ran
Love in a hollow field break the image of your father's son
Drawn to an inner feel he was thought of as the only one
He was thought of as the only one
 
He no longer denies all the failures of the modern man
No, no, no, he can't pick sides sees the failures of the modern man
Wise words and sympathy tell the story of our history
New strength gives a real touch sense and reason make it all too much
With a strange fatality broke the spirits of a lesser man
Some other race could see in his way he was the only one
In his way he was the only one
 
He no longer denies all the failures of the modern man
No, no, no, he can't pick sides sees the failures of the modern man
Now that it's right to decide in his time he was a total man
Taken from Caesar's side kept in silence just to prove who's wrong
He no longer denies all the failures of the modern man
No, no, no, he can't pick sides sees the failures of the modern man
All the failures of the modern man
 
 
 
From Safety to Where...?
 
No, I don't know just why
No, I don't know just why
Which way to turn
I've got this ticket to use
 
Through childlike ways, rebellion and crime
To reach this point and retreat back again
The broken hearts, all the wheels that are turned
The memory's scarred and the vision is blurred
 
No, I don't know which way
Don't know which way to turn
The best possible use
 
Just passing through 'till we reach the next stage
But just to where well it's all been arranged
Just passing through but the break must be made
Should we move on or stay safely away?
 

Glass
 
Hearts fail young hearts fail
Anytime pressurised
Overheat overtired
Take it quick take it neat
Clasp your hands touch your feet
Take it quick take it neat
 
Hearts fail young hearts fail
Anytime wearing down
On the run underground
Put your hand where it's safe
Leave your hand where it's safe
Do it again
Do it again and again and again
 
Anytime that's your right
Told ya we should do it again
Overheat overtired
Don't you wish to do it again
Anytime that's all right
Don't you wish to do it again
I bet you wish you do it again
Do it again
 

Gutz
 
Don't talk to me girl you know it's not nice
Don't laugh at murder I won't pay the price
The facts are too highpowered it's such a big thrill
I'd give that mess up 'cause it makes you so ill
 
Blame bad things on me, whatever you do
When I come home my world is different from you
You're such a cheap talk you're really trussed up
Don't wanna talk to you just left with your mum
 
Don't be a puppet always rush you around
One just for your photo try and tie me down
I won't tell him I talk like this all night
He must be worried 'cause you're sounding so trite
 
Respect is only normal the way to your lives
Ever tried to sleep around with some bag for a wife
We'll never change you if you start acting that way
If we don't keep our heads alive, I'll never get a say
You know what's special it's as black as I say
Can you see me, just ourselves no comment, copycat!

 
Heart and Soul
 
Instincts that can still betray us
A journey that leads to the sun
Soulless and bent on destruction
A struggle between right and wrong
You take my place in the showdown
I'll observe with a pitiful eye
I'd humbly ask for forgiveness
A request well beyond you and I
Heart and soul, one will burn
 
An abyss that laughs at creation
A circus complete with all fools
Foundations that lasted the ages
Then ripped apart at their roots
Beyond all this good is the terror
The grip of a mercenary hand
When savagery turns for good reason
There's no turning back, no last stand
Heart and soul, one will burn
 
Existence well what does it matter
I exist on the best terms I can
The past is now part of my future
The present is well out of hand
Heart and soul, one will burn
One will burn, one will burn
Heart and soul, one will burn

 
(Living in the) Ice Age
 
I've seen the real atrocities, buried in the sand
Stockpiled safety for a few, while we stand holding hands
I'm living in the ice age
 
Nothing will hold, nothing will fit
Into the cold it's not an eclipse
Living in the ice age
 
Searching for another way, see them hide behind the door
Live in holes and disused shafts hopes for little more
I'm living in the ice age
 
Nothing will hold, nothing will fit
Into the cold, no smile on your lips
Living in the ice age

 
Inside the line
 
Hey you too
I could make the choice for you
Just sticks close to you it's all around me
Everything I try to do
I can't even seem to find the room to move
 
But you think you're number one
Actors though the film has gone
Crowded in a room for one
Darkness when the lights are on
Turn me on for good it's so exciting
Slogans on the wall don't need no advertising
I can't even seem to find the room to move
 
Shackled up in fantasy
Hoping for some time to breathe
Some might get your chance too easy
I just want some time to breathe
Just sticks close to you it's all around me
Everything I do they're always trying to crowd me
I can't even seem to find the room to move
 
Watching every move I make
Choice of one that's hard to take
In fact it's just a big mistake
The facts that make it feel like you
 
Maggots swarm inside the line
Ready for the perfect crime
Say there is no right or wrong
I don't know what's right or wrong
I don't know what's right or wrong
 

Insight
 
Guess the dreams always end they don't rise up just descend
But I don't care anymore I've lost the will to want more
I'm not afraid, not at all I watch them all as they fall
But I remember when we were young
 
Those with habits of waste their sense of style and good taste
Of making sure you were right hey, don't you know you were right?
I'm not afraid anymore I keep my eyes on the door
But I remember
 
Tears of sadness for you more upheaval for you
Reflects a moment in time a special moment in time
Yeah, we wasted our time we didn't really have time
But we remember when we were young
 
And all God's angels beware and all you judges beware
Sons of chance take good care for all the people out there
I'm not afraid anymore I'm not afraid anymore
 

Interzone
 
I walked through the city limits
[Someone took me in to do it]
Attracted by some force within it
[Had to close my eyes to get get close to it]
Around the corner where a prophet lay
[Saw the place where she'd a room to stay]
A wire fence where children play
[Saw the bed where the body lay]
And I was looking for a friend of mine
[And I had no time to waste]
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine
 
The car screeched hear the sound on dust
[Heard a noise just a car outside]
Metallic blue turned red with rust
[Pulled in close by the building's side]
In a group all forgotten youth
[Had to think, collect my senses now]
Turned on to a night with you
[Find some place where my friends don't go]
And I was looking for a friend of mine
[And I had no time to waste]
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine
 
Down the dark streets [Getting darker now]
The houses looked the same [Faces look the same]
And I walked round and round [No stomach, torn apart]
Nail me to a train [Had to think again]
Trying to find a clue [Trying to move away]
Trying to find a way to get out [Had to move away and keep out]
 
Four, twelve windows, ten in a row
[Behind a wall I looked down low]
The lights shine like a neon show
[Inserted deep felt a warmer glow]
No place to stop, no place to go
[No time to lose, had to keep on going]
I guess they died some time ago
[I guess they died some time ago]
And I was looking for a friend of mine
[And I had no time to waste]
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine
 
 
 
I Remember Nothing
 
We were strangers we were strangers, for way too long
Violent violent, were strangers
Get weak all the time we just pass the time
Me in my own world yeah you there beside
The gaps are enormous we stare from each side
We were strangers, for way too long
 
Violent, more violent his hand cracks the chair
Moves on reaction, then slumps in despair
Trapped in a cage and surrendered too soon
Me in my own world, the one that you knew
We were strangers for way too long

In a lonely place

Caressing the marble and stone,
Love that was special for one,
The waste in the fever I heat,
How I wish you were here with me now.

Body that curls in and dies,
And shares that awful delight,
Warm like a dog round your feet,
How I wish you were here with me now.

Hangman looks round as he waits,
Cord streches tight then it breaks,
Someday we will die in your dreams,
How I wish you were here with me now
 

Isolation
 
In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love
Surrendered to selfpreservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else
Isolation
 
Mother I tried, please believe me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am
Isolation
 
But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
These pleasures a wayward distraction
Is this my one lucky prize?
Isolation

 
Komakino
 
This is the hour when the mysteries emerge
A strangeness so hard to reflect
A moment so moving goes straight to your heart
The vision that's never been met
The attraction is held like a weight deep inside
Something I'll never forget
 
The pattern is set, the reaction will start
Complete but rejected too soon
Looking ahead in the grip of each tear
Recalls the life that we knew
The shadow that stood by the side of the road
Always reminds me of you
 
How can I find the right way to control
All the conflicts inside, all the problems beside
As the questions arise, and the answers don't fit
Into my way of things, into my way of things

 
Leaders of Men
 
Born from some mother's womb just like any other room
Made a promise for a new life made a victim out of your life
When your time's on the door and it drips to the floor
And you feel you can touch all the noise is too much
And the seeds that are sown are no longer your own
Just a minor operation to force a final ultimatum
A thousand words are spoken loud reach the dumb to fool the crowd
When you walk down the street and the sound's not so sweet
And you wish you could hide maybe go for a ride
To some picture arcade where the future's not made
A nightmare situation infiltrate imagination
Smacks of past holy wars by the wall with broken laws
The leaders of men born out of your frustration
The leaders of men just a strange infatuation
The leaders of men made a promise for a new life
No saviour for our sakes to crush the internees of hate
Selfinduced manipulation to crush all thoughts of mass salvation

 
Love Will Tear Us Apart
 
When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low
And resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways, taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
 
Why is the bedroom so cold? You've turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed our respect run so dry?
[on the Peel version, Ian sings here:
Is my timing that flawed have our feelings run dry?]
Yet there's still this appeal that we've kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again
 
You cry out in your sleep all my failings expose
There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes hold
Just that something so good just can't function no more
When love, love will tear us apart again

 
New Dawn Fades
 
A change of speed, a change of style
A change of scene, with no regrets
A chance to watch, admire the distance
Still occupied, though you forget
Different colours, different shades
Over each mistakes were made I took the blame
Directionless, so plain to see
A loaded gun won't set you free so you say
 
We'll share a drink and step outside
An angry voice and one who cried
We'll give you everything and more
The strain's too much, can't take much more
Oh I've walked on water, run through fire
Can't seem to feel it anymore
It was meee, waiting for me
Hoping for something more
Meee, seeing me this time
Hoping for something else

 
No Love Lost
 
So long sitting here, didn't hear the warning
Waiting for the tape to run
We've been moving round in different situations
Knowing that the time would come
Just to see you torn apart
Witness to your empty heart
I need it I need it I need it
 
Through the wire screen, the eyes of those standing outside looked in at
her as into the cage of some rare creature in a zoo. In the hand of one of
the assistants she saw the same instrument which they had that morning
inserted deep into her body. She shuddered instinctively. No life at all in
the house of dolls. No love lost. No love lost
 
Twoway mirror in the hall
They like to watch everything you do
Transmitters hidden in the wall
So they know everything you say is true
Turn it on don't turn it on turn it on
 
You've been seeing things in darkness, not in learning
Hoping that the truth will pass
No life underground, wasting never changing
Wishing that this day won't last
To never see you show your age
To watch until the beauty fades
I need it I need it I need it

 
Novelty
 
When the people listen to you, don't you know it means a lot
Cause you've got to work so hard for everything you've got
Can't rest on your laurels now not when you've got none
You'll find yourself in the gutter, right back where you came from
 
Someone told me being in the know is the main thing
We all need the security that belonging brings
Can't stand on your own in these times against all the odds
I don't want to act uncool like all the other sods (in the original version)
You'll just fall behind like all the other sods (in the later version)
 
You slap our backs and pretend you knew
About all the things that we were gonna do
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do when it's over?
 
You're all on your own now don't you think that it's a shame
But you're the only one responsible to take the blame
 
The original version concludes:
When ya gonna grow up and act, and be yourself
Cause pretty soon you'll find yourself nailed to the shelf
Grab it while you can, but don't ever relax
Cause there's always someone gonna stab your back
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do when it's over?
 
The later version omits that bit and concludes:
So what ya gonna do when the novelty has gone?
Yeah what ya gonna do when the novelty has gone?
You slap our backs and pretend you knew
About all the things that we were gonna do
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do when it's over?
 

Passover
 
This is a crisis I knew had to come destroying the balance I'd kept
Doubting, unsettling and turning around wondering what will come next
Is this the role that you wanted to live I was foolish to ask for so much
 
Without the protection and infancy's guard it all falls apart at the first touch
 
Watching the reel as it comes to a close brutally taking its time
People who change for no reason at all it's happening all of the time
Can I go on with this train of events disturbing and purging my mind
Back out of my duties, when all's said and done
I know that I'll lose every time
 
Moving along in our God given ways safety is sat by the fire
Sanctuary from these feverish smiles left with a mark on the door
Is this the gift that I wanted to give forgive and forget's what they teach
Or pass through the deserts and wastelands once more
And watch as they drop by the beach
 
This is a crisis I knew had to come destroying the balance I'd kept
Turning around to the next set of lives wondering what will come next
 

Shadowplay
 
To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you
To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you
Moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you
In a room with a window in the corner I found truth
 
In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing no more
As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor,
And with cold steel, odour on their bodies, made a move to connect
I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left
 
I did everything, everything I wanted to
I let them use you for their own ends
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you

 
She's Lost Control
 
Confusion in her eyes that says it all she's lost control
And she's clinging to the nearest passerby she's lost control
And she gave away the secrets of her past and said: I've lost control again.
And of a voice that told her when and where to act
She said: I've lost control again.
 
And she turned to me and took me by the hand and said: I've lost control again
And how I'll never know just why or understand she said: I've lost control again
And she screamed out, kicking on her side and said: I've lost control again
 
And she kicked out, screaming on her side and said: I've lost control again
And seized up on the floor I thought she'd die
She said: I've lost control
She's lost control again she's lost control
 
Well I had to phone her friend to state her case and say she's lost control again
And she showed up all the errors and mistakes and said: I've lost control again
But she expressed herself in many different ways until she lost control again
And walked upon the edge of no escape and laughed: I've lost control
She's lost control again she's lost control
 

Sister Ray (cover de la Velvet Underground)
 
Jimmy came from Carolina
Wants to know a way to earn a dollar
Says he's suffering with fever
Just like Sister Ray says
I'm searching for my mainline
I couldn't hit it sideways
I'm searching for my mainline
I couldn't hit it sideways
 
Jimmy's got a new piece
Lying cold for a quarter
Took it out of his suitcase
Shot him dead right on the floor
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Don't you know you'll stain the carpet
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Just like Sister Ray says
 
Too busy sucking on a ding dong
Hey don't you know you'll stain the carpet
Too busy sucking on my ding dong
Hey you know you shouldn't do that
I'm searching for my mainline
I couldn't hit it sideways
I'm searching for my mainline
Going to count one, two, three, four
 
Jimmy came from Carolina
Wants to know a way to earn a dollar
Says he didn't like the weather
It's just like Sister Ray says
Hit on it Jim hit on it Jim
Had a good night had a good night
 
Jimmy's got a new piece
Cold heart for the fingering
Took it out in front of him
Shot him dead right on the floor
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Hey don't you know you'll stain the carpet
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Don't you know you'll stain the carpet
It's just like Sister Ray said
Just like Sister Ray said
Had a good night had a good night
Just like Sister Ray said
 

Something Must Break
 
Two ways to choose on a razor's edge
Remain behind go straight ahead
Room full of people room just for one
I can't break out now the time just won't come
 
Two ways to choose which way to go
Decide for me please let me know
Looked in the mirror saw I was wrong
If I could get back to where I belong
Where I belong
 
Two ways to choose which way to go
Had thoughts for one designs for both
If we were immortal we were not there
Washed up on the beaches struggling for air
 
I see your face still in my window
Torments yet calms won't set me free
Something must break now this life isn't mine
Something must break now wait for the time
Something must break
 

Sound of Music
 
 
See my true reflection cut off my own connections
I can see life getting harder
So sad is this sensation reverse the situation
I can't see it getting better
 
I'll walk you through the heartbreaks show you all the outtakes
I can't see it getting higher
Systematically degraded emotionally a scapegoat
I can't see it getting better
 
Perverse and unrealistic try to make it all stick
I can't see it getting better
Hollow now I'm burnt out all I need's a way out
I can't see life getting higher
 
Love life makes you feel we're higher
Love of life makes you feel higher
Higher, higher, higher, higher
 

The Eternal
 
Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain
 
Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside
 
Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
Burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse an unlucky deal
 
Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall

 
The Kill
 
Moved in a hired car and I find no way to run
Hurts every moment longer had no time for fun
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
 
I had an impulse to clear it all away
I used the tactics make everybody pay
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
 
Oh I keep it all clean I've paid the graces there
No kings of misuse no sellers of flesh
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
Yeah through it all I kept my eyes on you
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
 

The Only Mistake
 
Made the fatal mistake like I did once before
A tendency just to take, till the purpose stood sour
Strain take the strain these days we love
 
Yeah, the only mistake was that you ran away
Avenues lined with trees planned your course for the day
Yeah, the only mistake, like I made once before
Yeah, the only mistake, could have made it before
Strain take the strain these days we love
 
And the only mistake led to rumours unfound
Led to pressures unknown different feelings and sounds
Yeah the only mistake, like I made once before
Yeah the only mistake, could have made it before

 
These Days
 
Morning seems strange, almost out of place
Searched hard for you and your special ways
These days these days
 
Spent all my time learnt a killers' art
Took threats and abuse till I'd learnt the part
Can you stay for these days?
These days these days
 
Use outward deception to get away
Broken heart romance to make it pay
These days these days
 
We'll drift through it all it's the modern age
Take care of it all now these debts are paid
Can you stay for these days?

 
They Walked in Line
 
All dressed in uniforms so fine
They drank and killed to pass the time
Wearing the shame of all their crimes
With measured steps they walked in line
They walked in line
 
They carried pictures of their wives
And number tags to prove their lies
And made it through the whole machine
With dirty hearts and hands washed clean
They walked in line
 
Full of a glory never seen
They made it through the whole machine
To never question any more
Hypnotic trance, they never saw
They walked in line
They walked in line
Walked in line

 
Transmission
 
Radio live transmission
Radio live transmission
Listen to the silence, let it ring on
Eyes, dark grey lenses, frightened of the sun
We would have a fine time living in the night
Left to blind destruction, waiting for our sight
 
We would go on as though nothing was wrong
And hide from these days to remain all alone
Staying in the same place, staying out the time
Touching from a distance, further all the time
 
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
 
I could call out when the going gets tough
The things that we learned are no longer enough
No language, just sound, that's all we need know
To synchronize love to the beat of the show
And we could daaaaaance
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio
Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio

 
Twenty Four Hours
 
So this is permanence love's shattered pride
What once was innocence, turned on its side
A cloud hangs over me, marks every move
Deep in the memory of what once was love
 
Oh how I've realized, how I wanted time
Put into perspective, tried so hard to find
Just for one moment I thought I'd found my way
Destiny unfolded I watched it slip away
 
Excessive flashpoints, beyond all reach
Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep
Let's take a ride out, see what we can find
A valueless collection of hopes and past desires
 
I never realized the lengths I'd have to go
All the darkest corners of a sense I didn't know
Just for one moment I heard someone call
Looked beyond the day in hand there's nothing there at all
 
Now that I've realized how it's all gone wrong
Got to find some therapy this treatment takes too long
Deep in the heart of where sympathy held sway
Got to find my destiny before it gets too late

 
Warsaw
 
I was there in the backstage when first light came around
I grew up like a changeling to win the first time around
I can see all the weakness I can pick all the faults
I concede all the faith tests just to stick in your throats
31G
 
I hung around in your soundtrack to mirror all that you've done
To find the right side of reason to kill the three lies for one
I can see all the cold facts I can see through your eyes
All this talk made no contact no matter how hard I tried
31G
 
I can still hear the footsteps I can see only walls
I still don't make no contact, with no hearing at all
I just see contradiction had to give up the fight
Just to live in the past tense to make believe you were right
31G

 
Wilderness
 
I travelled far and wide through many different times
What did you see there? I saw the saints with their toys
What did you see there? I saw all knowledge destroyed
 
I travelled far and wide to prisons of the cross
What did you see there? The power and glory of sin
What did you see there? The blood of Christ on their skins
 
I travelled far and wide where unknown martyrs died
What did you see there? I saw the onesided trials
What did you see there? I saw the tears as they cried
They had tears in their eyes
Tears in their eyes

 
You're No Good For Me
 
Don't know what I'm doing don't know where I'm going
Leading me to ruin I should have traded you in
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
 
Don't know if I care don't know if I'm there
I just sit and stare making love to thin air
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me
Na na na na na na na na no good
 
I do lots of good surprised at what you would
Don't call me no crud I really think I'm good
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
 
Try to call the tune I'll probably go and rue it
I'll just get it groomed all sorts of other clues
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me
 
I get by the local peer group and their pressures
I can wash the dishes my suits can take a lesson
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
 
I've forgotten how you feel to me you're looking real
Come on let's make a deal think of what you need
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
No good
 
I've forgotten how you feel to me you're looking real
Come on let's make a deal think of what you need
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me