Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Joy Division
Canonical path: /joy-division/shadowplay
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shadowplay
Read Shadowplay lyrics by Joy Division on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Shadowplay
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To the centre of the city where all roads meet
Waiting for you
To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank
Searching for you
I was moving through the silence without motion
Waiting for you
In a room with no window in the corner I found truth
In the shadowplay acting out your own death, knowing no more
As the assassins all grouped in four lines dancing on the floor
And with cold steel, odour on their bodies made a move to connect
But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left
I did everything
Everything I wanted to
I let them use you
For their own ends
To the centre of the city in the night
Waiting for you
To the centre of the city in the night
Waiting for you!
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Joy Division performs "Shadowplay", and this lyric page sits inside the Joy Division catalog on LyroVerse.
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