 Genius Lyrics
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Joy Division – Interzone
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“Interzone” is easily the most straightforward song on Unknown Pleasures. It’s unique in Joy Division’s catalogue, as the lead vocal duties are given to bassist Peter Hook, while
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Joy Division – Interzone (Warsaw version)
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[Verse 1] / I walked through the city limits / Attracted by some force within it / Around a corner where a prophet lay / A wire fence where the children played / [Chorus] / And I
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Joy Division – Interzone (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I walked through the city limits / (Someone talked me in to try and do it) / Attracted by some force within it / (Had to close my eyes to get close to it) / Around a
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Moving Units (Ft. Leafar Seyer) – Interzone
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[Verse 1] / I walked through the city limits / Attracted by some force within it / Around the corner where the prophet lay / A wire fence where the children play / [Chorus] / And I
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Face To Face – Interzone
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I walked through the city limits / Attracted by some force within it / Around a corner where some profit lay / A wire fence where the children play / And I was looking for a friend
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Joy Division – I Remember Nothing
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It’s amusing how the second half of Unknown Pleasures (“Shadowplay”, “Wilderness” and “Interzone” specifically) in no way prepares the listener for “I Remember Nothing”. “
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Joy Division – Twenty Four Hours
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Joy Division – Novelty (Live)
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[Intro] / Uh, heh / This / This first one is a very old song, um / About two years ago? Something you might remember / [Verse 1] / When the people listen to you, don't you know it
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Joy Division – Dead Souls (Live)
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[Intro] / Good evening, ladies and gentlemen / [Verse 1] / Someone take these dreams away / That point me to another day / A duel of personalities / That stretch all true realities
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Joy Division – Candidate
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In this piece, Joy Division makes an analogy between the harshness and difficulties that can be found in the juridic and political procedure to become a leader of men and the
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Joy Division – Shadowplay
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On “Shadowplay”, the guitars launch into a dimension reminiscent of the sonic dimensions that David Bowie and Brian Eno dwelt in during the late 1970s. The band’s sound is echoey
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Joy Division – Day of the Lords
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Unknown Pleasures‘ raw power is still gripping, most notably on the haunting “Day Of The Lords”, which appears to detail the horrors of war.
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Joy Division – Disorder
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“Disorder” kicks things off with drummer Stephen Morris pushing the tempo forward, and Peter Hook entering next with octave jumping basslines. The song is fast, almost punky, and
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Joy Division – Candidate (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Forced by the pressure / The territories marked / No longer the pleasure / I've since lost the heart / Corrupted from memory / No longer the power / It's creeping up
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Joy Division – At a Later Date
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[Verse] / 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
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Joy Division – She's Lost Control
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Released as both an album cut and, in a hint of where New Order would eventually find itself, “She’s Lost Control” drew inspiration from Ian Curtis’s encounter with an epilepsy
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Joy Division – Inside the Line
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[Intro] / Hey you! You too! / I could make the choice for you / Dirt 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
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Joy Division – Wilderness
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“Wilderness” is about the ways organised religion can lead people astray and be a hindrance to progress. Like many of the tracks on Unknown Pleasures, it is built on a distinctive
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Joy Division – Gutz
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[Intro] / Warsaw! / [Verse 1] / 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 high-powered - it's such a big
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Joy Division – Transmission (Live)
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[Intro] / Radio, live transmission / Radio, live transmission / [Verse 1] / Listen to the silence, let it ring on / Eyes, dark gray lenses frightened of the sun / We would have a
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Joy Division – The Kill (Warsaw version)
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[Verse 1] / Life can be skewed - good things are nice / Counting on you - really no threats / The waiting is through - deciphering the scars / Just who fooled who - sit still in
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Joy Division – Insight
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“Insight” is perhaps one of the most overlooked Joy Division songs, and is probably one of their saddest, too. It is the track from Unknown Pleasures that most explicitly deals
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Joy Division – Insight (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Guess your 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
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Joy Division – New Dawn Fades
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One of the many reasons Unknown Pleasures is the landmark album it is, “New Dawn Fades” was the most overt turn by Joy Division on that record towards an epic rock moment, drawing
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Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition (Live)
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[Intro] / Welcome to the atrocity exhibition / [Verse 1] / Asylums with doors open wide / Where people had paid to see inside / For entertainment they watch his body twist / Behind
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Joy Division – The Drawback (All of This for You)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Joy Division – Shadowplay (Live)
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[Verse 1] / To the center of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you / To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank searching for you / I was moving through the silence
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Joy Division – Transmission (Warsaw Version)
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[Intro] / Radio, live transmission / Radio, live transmission / [Verse 1] / Listen to the silence, let it ring on / Eyes, dark grey lenses frightened of the sun / We would make a
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Joy Division – You're No Good for Me
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Joy Division – Novelty (Warsaw version)
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[Verse 1] / When the people listen to you, don't you know it means a lot? / Because you've got to work so hard for everything you've got / Can't rest on your laurels now - not when
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Joy Division – No Love Lost (Warsaw Version)
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A reference to Joy Division’s name change from Warsaw, “No Love Lost” depicts the experiences and nature of living in one of the Nazis' “Joy Divisions”. This was a place women
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Joy Division – Disorder (Live)
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[Intro] / This song's called "Disorder" / [Verse 1] / 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
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