The Only Mistake Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Made the fatal mistake
Like I did once before
Tendency just to take
Till the purpose turned sour
[Chorus 1]
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
[Verse 2]
Yeah, the only mistake
Was that you ran away
Avenues lined with trees
Strangled words for the day
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, the only mistake
Like I made once before
Yeah, the only mistake
Could have made it before
[Chorus 1]
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
Made the fatal mistake
Like I did once before
Tendency just to take
Till the purpose turned sour
[Chorus 1]
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
[Verse 2]
Yeah, the only mistake
Was that you ran away
Avenues lined with trees
Strangled words for the day
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, the only mistake
Like I made once before
Yeah, the only mistake
Could have made it before
[Chorus 1]
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
Strain, take the strain
These days we love
[Verse 3]
And the only mistake
Led to rumors unfound
Led to pressures unknown
Different feelings and sounds
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, the only mistake
Like I made once before
Yeah, the only mistake
Could have made it before
And the only mistake
Led to rumors unfound
Led to pressures unknown
Different feelings and sounds
[Chorus 2]
Yeah, the only mistake
Like I made once before
Yeah, the only mistake
Could have made it before
About
Genius Annotation
Ian Curtis speaks on how a certain new relationship is similar to a previous one where he has a “tendency just to take” from a woman until the breaking point. This couple had an unequal give/take relationship which ultimately led to a “purpose turned sour”. The days of loving have turned to “strain” on both of them. The woman “ran away” either physically or emotionally because she could not bare the strain any longer.
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- 1.Exercise One
- 2.Ice Age
- 4.Glass
- 5.The Only Mistake
- 7.The Kill
- 9.Dead Souls
- 14.Passover
- 15.New Dawn Fades
- 17.Transmission
- 18.Disorder
- 19.Isolation
- 20.Decades
- 21.Digital
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- Atrocity Exhibition (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
- A Means to an End (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
- The Sound of Music (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
- Disorder (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
- Ice Age (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
- The Eternal (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
- Isolation (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
- Disorder (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
- The Sound of Music (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
- Isolation (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
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Producers
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Artwork [Inside Design]
Design
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Lacquer Cut At
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Strawberry Studios, Stockport
Release Date
October 8, 1981
The Only Mistake Live Performances
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