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Joy Division

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Emthat crucial filament is Call but spent 
Emand soon it will be dark Cin my basement
Emmy heart is waxing the slCick floor again
Emhoping i'll slip, and fall in lCove
Amwell, she gave me the choice 
Amto remain and rejoice or to Crecoil and rFebel
well, paCpa,         Fthis gravity atCtackF  
yeah, it's a gravity atCtackF  
and i cGan't seem to carry, Fmuch less bury the past
(same for all verses)
well, your ex-girlfriend said i was a terrible mess
yeah, she's got a real good head on her shoulders
when the singer spoke and confessed
he didn't really smoke cigarettes,
she said her teenage brother smouldered
on a hotbed of coal in a sterile white room
underneath that joy division poster
he moaned papa, he moaned papa,
sometimes i gotta vent my spleen!
sometimes i gotta vent my spleen
when i get shattered in the heart
and scattered in the brain
well, all the medicine in these sermons
still can't keep his brazen nose from turning
and salvation, it may come free of charge
but faith always costs him something
they say there's nothing as sacred
as the blood between brothers
when it's pricked from their thumbs
and exchanged beneath the covers
well, papa, my brother is gone!
yeah, my brother is gone!
so would you tell me now how it is 
i'm supposed to get along?
well, you asked for a chorus but you got a refrain
yeah, it's another sad song that moves like a train
you can't whistle to it 
but you can fast-forward through it
flick it off your shoulder like dead skin
they say my head on a plate
may curve the debate
about the unbearable high cost of living
but papa, everything falls apart!
everything falls apart
and the grass will grow
as surely as they'll break your heart

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Joy Division

by Simon Joyner

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Em C

that crucial filament is all but spent

Em C

and soon it will be dark in my basement

Em C

my heart is waxing the slick floor again

Em C

hoping i'll slip, and fall in love

well, she gave me the choice

Am C F

to remain and rejoice or to recoil and rebel

C F C F

well, papa, this gravity attack

C F

yeah, it's a gravity attack

G F

and i can't seem to carry, much less bury the past

(same for all verses)

well, your ex-girlfriend said i was a terrible mess

yeah, she's got a real good head on her shoulders

when the singer spoke and confessed

he didn't really smoke cigarettes,

she said her teenage brother smouldered

on a hotbed of coal in a sterile white room

underneath that joy division poster

he moaned papa, he moaned papa,

sometimes i gotta vent my spleen!

sometimes i gotta vent my spleen

when i get shattered in the heart

and scattered in the brain

well, all the medicine in these sermons

still can't keep his brazen nose from turning

and salvation, it may come free of charge

but faith always costs him something

they say there's nothing as sacred

as the blood between brothers

when it's pricked from their thumbs

and exchanged beneath the covers

well, papa, my brother is gone!

yeah, my brother is gone!

so would you tell me now how it is

i'm supposed to get along?

well, you asked for a chorus but you got a refrain

yeah, it's another sad song that moves like a train

you can't whistle to it

but you can fast-forward through it

flick it off your shoulder like dead skin

they say my head on a plate

may curve the debate

about the unbearable high cost of living

but papa, everything falls apart!

everything falls apart

and the grass will grow

as surely as they'll break your heart

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