JOY DIVISION - WARSAW
The drawback (or All
of this for you)
Leaders of men
They walked in line
Failures
Novelty
No love lost
Transmission
(Living in the) ice age
Interzone
Warsaw
Shadowplay
As you said
Inside the line
Gutz
At a later date
The kill
Your no good for me
The drawback (or All of this for you)
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 (2)
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 all for you --
all of this for you (2)
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
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
And the seeds that are sown --
Are no longer your own
Just a minor operation --
To force the final ultimatum
A thousand words are spoken loud
Reach that gun to fool the crowds
When you walk down the street and the
sound that's 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 --
Fight a war 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 atrocities of hate
Self-induced manipulation
To crush all thoughts
of mass-salvation
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
Don't speak with shameless face
A failure of modern man
To the centre of luck he dived
Has a hold on a nose
so red
Throw up in a hollow field
Break the image of your father's son
Drawn to an inner field
He was thought of as the only one (2)
He no longer denies
All the failures of the modern man
No, no, no we can't make 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 of 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 (2)
He no longer denies
All the failures of the modern man
No, no, no we can't make sides
See the failures of the modern man
Now that it's right to decide
In his time he was the total man
Taken from Caesar's side
Kept in silence just to prove
us wrong
He no longer denies
All the failures of the modern man
No, no, no we can't make sides
Sees the failures of the modern man
All the failures of the modern man
When the people listen to you don't you
know it means a lot 'cos 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 a 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
at all the other sods
You slap your back
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's a shame
But you're the only one
responsible that's to blame
When ya gonna grow up and act,
and be yourself 'cos pretty soon
you'll find yourself nailed to the shelf
Grab it while you can, but don't
ever relax, 'cos there's always
someone gonna stab your back
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do
So long sitting here --
Didn't here 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 --
I need it (3)
Two-way 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 --
running, learning
Hoping that the truth will pass
No life underground wasting,
never changing
Wishing that this thing won't last
To never see you show your age
To watch the feeling fades
I need it (3)
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
Left a blind instruction,
take away 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,
staring all the time
Touching from a distance, further all the time
Dance, dance, dance, dance,
dance to the radio (4)
And I could call out when the going
gets tough
And we could make contact if we just
don't look
No language, just sound
is all that I know
We'll synchronize love to the beat
of the show
And we could dance, dance, dance, dance,
dance to the radio (4)
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)
Brrroooh! (2) Brrr-oo-oo-ooh! (2) Broooh!
I walked through the city limits
Attracted by some force within it
Around the corner where a puppet lay
A wire fence
where the children play
And I was looking for a friend of mine
Yeah, looking for a friend of mine
The car screeched
in the sand and dust
Metallic blue turned red with rust
Still defied all by guiding you
Turned on to a night with you
And I was looking for a friend of mine
Yeah, looking for a friend of mine
Down the dark street,
the houses looked the same
I was walking round and round
you nailed me to a train
Had to get away, trying to find a way
To get out -- Brrrooh! (2) Brrooh! (3)
Lots of windows stand in a row
The light shined -- a deadly glow
No place to stop,
no place to go
I guess they died some time ago
And I was looking for some friends of mine
Yeah, I was looking for some friends of mine
I was there in the backstage
when first light came around
I grew up like a changeling
to wait the first time around
I could see all the weakness
I could pick all the faults
But I concede all the faith-tests,
just a stick in your throat 3 - 1 - G (3)
I'm 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 could see all the cold facts,
I could see through your eyes
All this don't make no contact
no matter how hard I try
3 - 1 - G (3)
I could still hear the footsteps,
I could see only walls
All this don't make no contact,
here, hearing no at all
I could see contradiction,
I could give up the right
Just to live in the past tense,
To make believe you were right!
3 - 1 - G (3)
3 - 5 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 5
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)
(instrumental)
Hey - you - you too [repeats in the
background]
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
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 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!
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
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
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
Na na na na na na na na 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
All songs are composed by Joy Division