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TITLE. LYRICS

Studio version

Isolation

In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love
Surrendered to self-preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else
Isolation

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

But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
These pleasures a wayward distraction
Is this my one lucky prize?
Isolation

ALTERNATE LYRICS

Concert version

Translations: Español | Français | Italiano | Português

DETAILS

Line-up: Ian Curtis | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner played the keyboard, and, in addition to his normal drums set, Stephen Morris used electronic drums on this song

STUDIO RECORDING. NOTES

Live recordings

Date: Monday 18–Sunday 30 March 1980
Studio: Britannia Row Studios – London (UK)
Duration: 2.52
Availability on record: Closer | Heart And Soul | Permanent