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TITLE. LYRICS

Studio version

No love lost

So long sitting here
Didn't hear the warning
Waiting for the tape to run
We've been moving around in different situations
Knowing that the time would come
Just to see you torn apart
Witness to your empty heart
I need it

Through the wire screen, the eyes of those standing outside looked in at her as into the cage of some rare creature in a zoo. In the hand of one of the assistants she saw the same instrument which they had that morning inserted deep into her body. She shuddered instinctively. No life at all in the house of dolls
No love lost

You've been seeing things
In darkness, not in learning
Hoping that the truth will pass
No life underground, wasting never changing
Wishing that this day won't last
To never see you show your age
To watch until the beauty fades
I need it


 

ALTERNATE LYRICS

Later version | Concert version

Translations: Español | Français | Italiano | Português


 

DETAILS

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


 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The second verse is a spoken extract (slightly modified) taken from the book House of dolls (written by Ka-tzetnik 135633), which is also the book where the name Joy Division was taken from
Original text can be found at page 168, chapter 12, of the original edition: "Through the wire screen, the eyes of those standing outside looked in at her as into the cage of some rare creature in a zoo. She was lying naked, her parted knees still strapped to the iron rods at both sides of the table. In the hand of one of the assistants she saw the same instrument which they had that morning inserted deep into her vagina. Her body shuddered instinctively"


 

STUDIO RECORDING. NOTES

Later studio recording | Live recordings

Date: Wednesday 14 December 1977
Studio: Pennine Sound Studios – Oldham (UK)
Duration: 3.41
Availability on record: An Ideal For Living (7") | An Ideal For Living (12") | Heart And Soul | Substance