JOY DIVISION - STILL

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

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)

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.

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)

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

They Walked in Line

All dressed in uniform 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

They walked in line (8)

Full of a glory never seen

They made it through the whole machine

To never question anymore

Hypnotic trance

they never saw

They walked in line (8-16)

Walked in line (2)

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

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

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)

Sister Ray (Velvet Underground)

[no words available for this song, sorry]

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Left a blind destruction,

waiting for our sight - sight

We would go on as though nothing

was wrong

Hide from these days we remain all alone

Staying in the same place

to stand out the tide

Touching from a distance,

further all the time

Dance, dance, dance, dance,

dance to the radio (4)

I would go on as though nothing

was wrong

And hide from these days

when the music goes on

Staying in the same place,

we're sparing no time

Gift who could value no-one

inside

And we could dance, dance, dance, dance,

dance to the radio (4)

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)

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

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)

Digital

Feel it closing in, feel it closing in

The fear of whom I call,

hearing someone call

Feel it closing in, feel it closing in

Day in, day out (8)

Feel it closing in,

shadows start to fall

Feel it cold and warm, patterns on the wall

Feel it closing in, feel it closing in

Day in, day out (8)

Just wish in your soul to see

just whatever happens

With your 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, don't ever fade away

Fade away (11)

........thank you, goodnight