Joy Division Closer +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. +Isolation --------- Be clear 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 But life as it 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 Isolation (3) But if you could just see the beauty These things I could never describe Pleasures and wayward distraction Is this my wonderful prize? Isolation (5) +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 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 defense Disturbing and purging my mind I count up 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 I'll pass through the deserts and waste - lands once more And watch as they drop by the beach 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 +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) +A Means to an End - ----- -- -- --- A legacy, so far removed One day will be improved Eternal rights beleft behind, We were the better kind You this day met free too, I always looked to you (3) We fought for good, stood side by side Our friendship never died But stranger ways that froze on highs, our vision touched the skies Mortal list - the points to prove I put my trust in you (3) A house somewhere, on foreign soil Where aching lovers called Is this your goal, your final deeds Where dogs and vultures eat? Permitted still, I turned to go I put my trust in you (4) In you, in you, in you Put my trust in you, in you +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 +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 +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 +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 freed Where have they been (4) Weary inside, now our hearts 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)