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this file contains the lyrics for 43 joy-division tracks, posted by Thorsten_Woell@suburbia.fido.de (Thorsten Woell) Thorsten Woell 33 LYR: Joy Division/Love will tear us apart Thorsten Woell 27 lyr: joy division/isolation Thorsten Woell 36 lyr: joy division/colony Thorsten Woell 28 lyr:joy division/a means to an end Thorsten Woell 80 lyr:joy division/heart and soul Thorsten Woell 21 LYR:Joy Division/Exercise one Thorsten Woell 37 lyr: joy division/the eternal Thorsten Woell 33 lyr: joy division/decades Thorsten Woell 42 lyr:joy division/atrocity exhibition Thorsten Woell 47 lyr: joy division /passover Thorsten Woell 38 lyr: joy division/disorder Thorsten Woell 40 lyr:joy division/day of the lords Thorsten Woell 37 lyr: joy division/insight Thorsten Woell 32 lyr: joy division/new dawn fades Thorsten Woell 52 lyr: joy division /she's lost control Thorsten Woell 31 lyr: joy division/shadowplay Thorsten Woell 29 lyr: joy division/wildernes Thorsten Woell 56 lyr:joy division/interzone Thorsten Woell 30 lyr: loy division/i remember nothing Thorsten Woell 36 lyr:joy division/candidate Thorsten Woell 26 lyr:joy division/iceage Thorsten Woell 32 lyr:joy division/sound of music Thorsten Woell 31 lyr:joy division/glass Thorsten Woell 39 lyr:joy division/the only mistake Thorsten Woell 28 lyr:joy division/they walked in line Thorsten Woell 34 lyr:joy division/the kill Thorsten Woell 33 lyr:joy division/something must break Thorsten Woell 31 lyr:joy division/dead souls Thorsten Woell 23 lyr:joy division/ceremony Thorsten Woell 51 lyr:joy division/twentyfour hours Thorsten Woell 34 lyr:joy division/transmission Thorsten Woell 28 lyr: joy division/digital Thorsten Woell 43 lyr:joy division/leaders of men Thorsten Woell 37 lyr:joy division/warsaw Thorsten Woell 30 lyr:joy division/autosuggestion Thorsten Woell 29 lyr:joy division/atmosphere Thorsten Woell 45 lyr:joy division/failures Thorsten Woell 41 lyr:joy division/from safety to where Thorsten Woell 43 lyr:joy division/novelty Thorsten Woell 30 lyr:joy division/komakino Thorsten Woell 26 lyr:joy division/these days Thorsten Woell 40 lyr:joy division/no love lost Thorsten Woell 41 lyr:joy division/the drawback aka all of this for you Love Will Tear Us Apart When the routine bites hard and ambitions are low And the 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 (4) Why is the bedroom so cold Turned away on your side' Is my timing that flawed, our respect run so dry' Yet there's still this appeal That we've kept through our lives Love, love will tear us apart again (4) Do you cry out in your sleep All my failings expose' Get a taste in my mouth As desperation takes hold Is it something so good Just can't function no more' When love, love will tear us apart again (4) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' @SONG: Isolation In fear every day, every evening It calls here aloud from above Carefully watched for a reason Mistaking devotion and love Surrendered to self-preservation >From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection Appears just like anything else - Isolation (3) 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 But if you could just see the beauty, these things I could never describe This is my one consolation This is my wonderful prize -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Colony 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 I wore a careless glance and kissed her last goodbye Hands in the bag she packed a tear she tries to hide 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 just makes me feel uneasy Stood alone here in this colony In this colony (4) Yeah, God in his wisdom took you by the hand, God in his wisdom made you understand (4) In this colony (4) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' 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 You the same, set free too I always looked to you (3) We fought for good, stood side by side Our friendship never died, stranger ways, the lows and highs Our vision touched the sky Mortal this, we parted too soon I put my trust in you (3) A house somewhere on foreign soil, where aching lovers call We stood here, our final goal, where dogs eat and vultures eat Permitted still, I turned to go I put my trust in you (5) in you (3) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Heart and Soul Instants that can still betray us A journey that leads to the sun Soulless and bent on destruction Struggle between right and wrong You take my place in the show-down I'll observe with a pitiful eye And humble ask for forgiveness A request well beyond you and I Heart and soul, one will burn (2) An abyss that lasted creation A circus complete with all fools Foundations that lasted the ages Then ripped apart at their roots Beyond all this good the terror The grip of a mercenary hand When savagery returns for good reason There's no turning back the last stand Heart and soul, one will burn (2) 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 (2) Heart and soul, one will burn (2) One will burn, one will burn Heart and Soul, one will burn @SONG: Twenty-four Hours So this is permanence - Love shattered pride What once was innocence, turned on its side A cloud hangs over me, marks every move Deep in the memory, what once was love Oh how I've realized, I wanted time Put into perspective, try so hard to find Just for one moment I thought I'd got my way Destiny unfolded - watched it slip away Excessive flash points, beyond all reach Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep Let's take a ride out, see what we can find 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 - hearing 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 -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' 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 you audiophone Turn away from it all, it's all getting too much When you're looking at life, deciphering scars Tense group all 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 -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' 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 Laid 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 -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Decades Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders Here are the young men, well where have they been' We knocked on the 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 have seen Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration The sorrows we suffered and never were freed Where have they been (4) Weary inside, now our heats 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 (4) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Atrocity Exhibition The silence when 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 (4) 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 (4) This is the way (4) This is the way, step inside You'll see the horrors of a far-away place Meet the architects of law face to face See mass murder on a scale you've never seen And all the ones who tried hard to succeed This is the way, step inside (4) And I picked on the whims of a thousand more Still pursuing the path that's been buried For years of dead woods and 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 - it will be. -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Passover This is the crises I knew had to come Destroying the balance I'd kept Doubting and settling 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 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 chain of defence Disturbing and pursuing my mind Hold my count of my duties - when all's said and done I know that I'll lose every time Moving along in our God giving ways Safety is sat by the fire Sanctuary from these feverish smiles Left with a mark on the door Can I go on with this chain of defence Disturbing and purging my mind I'll count up my duties - when all said and done I know that I'll lose every time This is a crises I knew had to come Destroying the balance I'd kept Turning around to the next set of lies Wondering what will come next -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' 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 bear the innocence - leave them 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 backstairs into 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 watch it all I take no pity from friends Who is right and who can tell, and who gives a damn right now Until the spirit, new sensation takes hold - then you know (3) I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling (2) Feeling (7) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Day of the Lords This is the room, the start of it all No portraits so fine, only sheets on the wall I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsports in vain And the body is obtained Where will it end' (4) These are your friends, from childhood for you Who goaded you on demanded full proof Withdraw maiden's heart, and do you right in So distorted and thin, distorted and thin Where will it end' (4) 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' (4) This is the room, the start of it all Dreamt I fled from you, I remember it all Oh I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport in vain And the body's obtained, the body's obtained Where will it end' (4) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Insight Guess the dream 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 The sense of style and the 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 and sadness for you Awe of evil 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 (4) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' New Dawn Fades 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 me - waiting for me Hoping for something more Me - see me in this time - Hoping for something else -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' 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 heard the 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 seized up on the floor -- I thought she'd died She said "I've lost control again" She's lost control again -- she's lost control (2) 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'd lost control again And walked upon the edge of no escape and laughed "I've lost control again" She's lost control again, she's lost control (2) I could live a little there In the midst of the light When the darkness closed in I could have broke down and cried I could live a little In the white of light When the change is gone When the caring's gone To lose control -- when the caring's gone -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Shadowplay To the centre of the city where all roads meet looking 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 no window in the corner, I found truth In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing 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 you wanted to I let them use you - for their own ends To the centre of the city in the night waiting for you (2) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Wilderness I traveled far and wide through many different times What did you see there' I saw all knowledge destroyed I traveled 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 traveled far and wide through many different times I traveled far and wide where unknown martyrs died I saw the one-sided trials What did you see there' I saw the tears as they cried They had tears in their eyes! Tears in their eyes! (3) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Interzone I walked through city limits Someone took me by the hand in the blue Attracted by some force within it If I could close my eyes, I could get used to it Around the corner where a puppet lay Saw the place where she had a room to stay A wire fence where children play Saw them dance where the body lay And I was looking for a friend of mine The car screeched in the sand and dust Feel encouraged - just a car on it's side Metallic blue turned red with rust Pulled it close by the buildin's side In a room for forgotten youth I could think or let my senses slide Turned on to a night with you Find the place where my friends, won't go And I was looking for a friend of mine and I had no time to lose Yeah looking for some friends of mine Down the dark street, the houses looked the same Stopped and turned around, held me to a game I walked round and round, you nailed me to a tree Trying to find a way, trying to find a way, to get out For twelve windows stand in a row Behind a wall where a room to go The light shined like a neon show See the deep mellow warmth of the glow No place to stop, no place to go No time to lose, have 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 have no time to lose Yeah, I was looking for a friend of mine -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' I Remember Nothing We were strangers, we were strangers, Away too long, away too long We were violent strangers, away too long, Get weak all the time, we just passed the time Me in my own world, yeah you there beside The gaps only moment, we stared from each side We were strangers, away 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 Away too long We were strangers (2) Away too long (2) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Candidate Forced by the pressure, the territory's marked No longer the pleasure, Oh 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, or what gave me the night 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 (3) Oh how I tried to get to you -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Ice Age Seen the real atrocities, buried in the sand Stockpiled safety for a few - we stand holding hands I - living in the iceage (2) Nothing will hold, nothing will fit Into the cold, no smile on your lips Living in the iceage (3) Searching for another way, see them hide behind the door Live in holes and disused shafts hoped a little more I - living in the iceage (2) Nothing will hold, nothing will fit Into the cold, no smile on your lips Living in the iceage (3 4) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Sound of Music See my true reflection put out my own connections I can see it's getting harder, so sad is this sensation Reverse the situation, I can't see it getting better I'll walk you through the heartbreak, show you all the out-taken I can't see it getting higher, systematically degraded Emotionally a scapegoat, I can't see it getting higher For person unrealistic, try to make it all stick I can see it getting harder, all am now am burnt out All I need's a break out, I can't see it getting higher Love - life don't you feel we're higher, higher, higher don't you feel higher, higher, etc. -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Glass Hearts fail -- young hearts fail Anytime -- that's allright Over here -- all the time Take it quick -- take it neat Cross your hands -- twist your feet Take it quick -- take it neat (2) Hearts fail -- young hearts fail Anytime -- whereabout' On the run -- on the ground Put your hand -- where it's safe Lay your hand -- where it's safe And do it again Do it again and again and again (4) Anytime -- that's allright Told ya we should do it again Over here -- all the time Told ya we should do it again (3) Anytime -- that's allright Told ya we should do it again Told ya we should do it again I betcha we should do it again Do it again (5) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' The Only Mistake Made the fatal mistake like I did once before Tendency just to take till the purpose stood sour Strain - take the strain, these days - we learn Strain - feel the strain, as these days - we learn Yeah, the only mistake was that you ran away 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 learn Strain - take the strain, these days - we learn And the only mistake led to rumours and found Led to pleasures and pain different feelings and sounds Yeah the only mistake like I made once before Yeah the only mistake could have made it before -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' 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 (8) 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 (8) Full of a glory never seen They made it through the whole machine Turn never questioned anymore Hypnotic trance they never saw -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' The Kill Moved in a hired car and I find no way to run Adds 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 traded in I've paid the graces there No kidding, misuse - no sign of blood 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 -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Something Must Break To waste and choose or raise the dead With pain behind go straight ahead Room full of people grouping as one I can't break out now the time just won't come To waste and 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 To waste and choose which way to go I paused for one whom signs forbode If we were immortal we would not bear Washed up on the beat here Struggle for air I see you face still in my window Tormented clouds won't set me free Something must break now - this life isn't mine Something must break now - wait for the time -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Dead Souls Someone take these dreams away That point me to another day A duel of personalities That stretch all true reality And 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 Conquistadores who took their share And keep calling me They keep calling me Keep on calling me They keep calling me Calling me, calling me (2) They keep calling me Keep on calling me The keep calling me (2) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Ceremony I've heard them all, no mercy shown Heaven knows it's got to be this time What she'd heard, these things she said This time she cried and failed to wait, this time Oh I've heard them all, no mercy shown Heaven knows it's got to be this time Avenues all lined with trees Pictures me and then you start watching, watching forever (2) Forever - watching love grow Forever - letting me know (2) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Twenty-Four Hours (uncredited) So this is permanence - Love shattered pride What once was innocence, turned on its side A cloud hangs over me, marks every move Deep in the memory, what once was love Oh how I've realized, I wanted time Put into perspective, try so hard to find Just for one moment I thought I'd got my way Destiny unfolded - watched it slip away Excessive flash points, beyond all reach Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep Let's take a ride out, see what we can find 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 - hearing 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 -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Transmission Radio -- live transmission -- radio live transmission Listen to the silence, let it ring on Eyes dark, relentless, frightened of the sun We would have a fine time living in the night Be left a blind destruction, Waiting for our sight We would go on as though nothing was wrong Hide from these days to remain all alone Staying in the same place, just staring at the tide Touching from a distance, further all the time Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio (4) Well I could call out when the going gets tough The things we've learned are no longer enough No language, just sound is all we need know To synchronise love to the beat of the show And we could dance -- dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio (4) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' Digital Feel it closing in, feel it closing in A fear of whom I call, hearing someone call I feel it closing in, I feel it closing in Day in, day out (6) 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 (5) I'd have the world to just see whatever happens to my decorum And then just fade away I see you fade away, don't ever fade away I need you here today Don't ever fade away (4) Fade away (7) -- ciao, Thorsten member of who bombed birmingham' 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 you trip on the floor And you feel you can touch -- All the noise is too much