Decades

by Joy Division

From the album: Still

Track 20 of 21 on Still (1981).

Still cover art

Lyrics for Decades

Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders Here are the young men, well, where have they been? We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber Pushed to the limit, 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 trauma and degeneration The sorrows we suffered and never were free Where have they been? Where have they been? Where have they been? Where have they been? Weary inside, now, our heart's lost forever Can't replace the fear for the thrill of the chase Each ritual showed up the door for our wanderings Open, then shut, then slammed in our face Where have they been? Where have they been? Where have they been? Where have they been?

More from Still

  1. Exercise One
  2. Ice Age
  3. The Sound of Music
  4. Glass
  5. The Only Mistake
  6. Walked in Line
  7. The Kill
  8. Something Must Break
  9. Dead Souls
  10. Sister Ray (live)
  11. Ceremony
  12. Shadowplay
  13. Means to an End
  14. Passover
  15. New Dawn Fades
  16. Twenty Four Hours
  17. Transmission
  18. Disorder
  19. Isolation
  20. Decades
  21. Digital