Page type: lyric reference
Artist: New Order
Canonical path: /new-order/shadowplay
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shadowplay
Read Shadowplay lyrics by New Order 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 searching for you
To the depths of the ocean
Where all hopes sank searching for you
I was moving through the silence
Without motion, looking 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
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 night looking for you
To the centre of the city
In night looking for you
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New Order performs "Shadowplay", and this lyric page sits inside the New Order catalog on LyroVerse.
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