Lyrics to
Day Of The Lords

This version of Day Of The Lords was released by Joy Division in 1979.

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This is the room, the start of it all,
No portrait so fine, only sheets on the wall,
I’ve seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain,
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

These are your friends from childhood, through youth,
Who goaded you on, demanded more proof,
Withdrawal pain is hard, it can do you right in,
So distorted and thin, distorted and thin.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

This is the car at the edge of the road,
There’s nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,
I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,
There’s no room for the weak, no room for the weak.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

This is the room, the start of it all,
Through childhood, through youth, I remember it all,
Oh, I’ve seen the nights filled with bloodsport and pain,
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

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About Lyrics and Day Of The Lords by Joy Division

The lyrics to Day Of The Lords are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Joy Division used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Day Of The Lords have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Joy Division and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Day Of The Lords by Joy Division. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Day Of The Lords" means the words set to the music of Day Of The Lords, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joy Division. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Day Of The Lords and the lyrics to Day Of The Lords are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joy Division who came here looking just for the lyrics to Day Of The Lords, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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