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Artist: Joy Division
Canonical path: /joy-division/decades
Related lyric paths: 6
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Decades
Read Decades lyrics by Joy Division on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Decades
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Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men, well, where have they been?
We knocked on doors of hell's darker chambers
Pushed to the limits, we dragged ourselves in
Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen
Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration
The sorrows we suffered and never were freed
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Weary inside, now our hearts lost forever
Can't replace the fear or the thrill of the chase
These rituals showed up the door for our wanderings
Opened and shut, then slammed in our face
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
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