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TITLE. LYRICS

Concert version

Colony

Afraid to look
Afraid to stand behind
Afraid to walk
Afraid to fall in line
Hope I find some friends to maybe lead astray
To see what we could find before it slipped away
Can you help me? Can you spare some time?
No apologies for all these thoughts of mine
My brother thought that I could take the blame
Now I stand right here before the greatest game

I can't see why all these confrontations
I can't see why all these dislocations
No family life, this makes me feel uneasy
Stood alone here in this colony

God in his wisdom took you by the hand
God in his wisdom made you understand
In this colony


 

ALTERNATE LYRICS

Studio version | Peel Session version


 

DETAILS

Line-up: Ian Curtis | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Bernard Sumner


 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This song was created on Saturday 11 August 1979 and played live the same day for the first time


 

LIVE RECORDINGS. NOTES

Studio recording | Peel Session recording

Date: Saturday 11 August 1979 (afternoon)
Venue: Eric's – Liverpool (UK)
Duration: 4.09
Availability on record: –

Date: Monday 13 August 1979
Venue: Nashville Rooms – London (Earls Court) (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Monday 27 August 1979
Venue: Rock & Music Festival – Leigh (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Friday 31 August 1979
Venue: Electric Ballroom – London (Camden) (UK)
Duration: 4.11
Availability on record: –

Date: Saturday 8 September 1979
Venue: Queens Hall (Futurama) – Leeds (UK)
Duration: 3.51
 Availability on record: –

Date: Saturday 22 September 1979
Venue: Nashville Rooms – London (Earls Court) (UK)
Duration: 3.51
 Availability on record: –

Date: Friday 28 September 1979
Venue: Russel Club – Manchester (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Thursday 4 October 1979
Venue: City Hall – Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)
Duration: 3.35
Availability on record: –

Date: Friday 26 October 1979
Venue: Electric Ballroom – London (Camden) (UK)
Duration: 3.46
 Availability on record: –

Date: Saturday 27 October 1979
Venue: Apollo Theatre – Manchester (UK)
Duration: unknown
 Availability on record: –

Date: Sunday 28 October 1979
Venue: Apollo Theatre – Manchester (UK)
Duration: unknown
 Availability on record: –

Date: Friday 2 November 1979
Venue: Winter Gardens – Bournemouth (UK)
Duration: 3.51
 Availability on record: Heart And Soul

Date: Saturday 5 November 1979
Venue: Pavilion – Hemel Hempstead (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Saturday 9 November 1979
Venue: Rainbow Theatre – London (Finsbury Park) (UK)
Duration: 3.58
Availability on record: –

Date: Tuesday 18 December 1979
Venue: Bains-Douches – Paris (France)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Thursday 17 January 1980
Venue: Plan K – Brussels (Belgium)
Duration: 3.52
 Availability on record: –

Date: Friday 18 January 1980
Venue: Effenaar – Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Duration: 3.48
 Availability on record: –
Availability on video: Here Are The Young Men

Date: Monday 21 January 1980
Venue: Kant Kino – Berlin (Germany)
Duration: unknown
 Availability on record: –

Date: Friday 8 February 1980
Venue: University College Union – London (Bloomsbury) (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Wednesday 20 February 1980
Venue: Town Hall – High Wycombe (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Thursday 28 February 1980
Venue: Warehouse – Preston (UK)
Duration: 4.01
Availability on record: Fractured Box | Preston 28 February 1980 | Refractured Box One

Date: Wednesday 5 March 1980
Venue: Trinity Hall – Bristol (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Wednesday 2 April 1980
Venue: Moonlight Club – London (West Hampstead) (UK)
Duration: unknown
Availability on record: –

Date: Saturday 19 April 1980
Venue: Ajanta Theatre – Derby (UK)
Duration: unknown
 Availability on record: –