Lyrics to
Disorder

This version of Disorder was released by Joy Division in 1979.

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I’ve been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand,
Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?
These sensations barely interest me for another day,
I’ve got the spirit, lose the feeling, take the shock away.

It’s getting faster, moving faster now, it’s getting out of hand,
On the tenth floor, down the back stairs, it’s a no man’s land,
Lights are flashing, cars are crashing, getting frequent now,
I’ve got the spirit, lose the feeling, let it out somehow.

What means to you, what means to me, and we will meet again,
I’m watching you, I’m watching her, I’ll take no pity from your friends,
Who is right, who can tell, and who gives a damn right now,
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold, then you know,
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold, then you know,
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold, then you know,
I’ve got the spirit, but lose the feeling,
I’ve got the spirit, but lose the feeling.
Feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Disorder, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Joy Division. Some of the lyrics to Disorder have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Joy Division and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Disorder if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Disorder" means the words set to the music of Disorder, 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 Disorder and the lyrics to Disorder 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 Disorder, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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