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TITLE. LYRICS

Concert version

The eternal

Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain
Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside

Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
Burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse, an unlucky deal
Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall

	LIVE RECORDINGS. NOTES	Studio recording
	Date: Thursday 17 January 1980 Venue: Plan K – Brussels (Belgium) Duration: 6.31 Availability on record: –
	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 (soundcheck) Venue: Town Hall – High Wycombe (UK) Duration: 3.10 Availability on record: –
	Date: Thursday 28 February 1980 Venue: Warehouse – Preston (UK) Duration: 7.58 Availability on record: Fractured Box \| Preston 28 February 1980 \| Refractured Box One
	Date: Friday 29 February 1980 Venue: Lyceum Ballroom – London (Strand) (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: Heart And Soul
	Date: Tuesday 8 April 1980 Venue: Derby Hall – Bury (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: – Note: this song was played much slower than usual, due to Ian Curtis' fragile health

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	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
	The idea for the title came from the film The Eternal Flames

	ALTERNATE LYRICS
	Studio version