Joy Division was a post-punkband formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The band dissolved in May 1980 after the suicide of its lead singer, Ian Curtis. The remaining members reformed as New Orderand they have gone on to achieve much critical and commercial success. With their dark, cavernous sound and their use of synthesizers and electronics, Joy Division are considered the pioneering band of the post-punk movement of the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Though they found only modest success during their career, and released only two studio albums, Joy Division have since been acclaimed as one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era; Thom Jurek writes "They left just a small bit of music and an echo that still rings".
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Joy Division
Forced by the pressure,
The territories marked,
No longer the pleasure,
Oh, Ive since lost the heart.
Corrupted from memory,
No longer the power,
Its creeping up slowly,
The last fatal hour.
Oh, I dont what made me,
What gave me the right,
To mess with your values,
And change wrong to right.
Please keep your distance,
The trail leads to here,
Theres 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.
Its just second nature,
Its what weve been shown,
Were living by your rules,
Thats all that we know.
I tried to get to you,
I tried to get to you,
I tried to get to you.
I tried to get to you.