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TITLE. LYRICS

Studio version

Wilderness

I travelled far and wide through many different times
What did you see there? I saw the saints with their toys
What did you see there? I saw all knowledge destroyed
I travelled far and wide through many different times

I travelled far and wide to prisons of the cross
What did you see there? The power and glory of sin
What did you see there? The blood of Christ on their skins
I travelled far and wide through many different times

I travelled far and wide where unknown martyrs died
What did you see there? I saw the one-sided trials
What did you see there? I saw the tears as they cried
They had tears in their eyes, tears in their eyes

ALTERNATE LYRICS

Concert version

Translations: Español | Français | Italiano | Português

DETAILS

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This song is written like an interview of someone who had travelled through the time and had seen all our civilization's horrors. Interzone has the same kind of "dialogue" style of writing

STUDIO RECORDING. NOTES

Live recordings

Date: Friday 30 March–mid April 1979
Studio: Strawberry Studios – Stockport (UK)
Duration: 2.33
Availability on record: Heart And Soul | Unknown Pleasures