The Only Mistake

by Joy Division

From the album: Still

Track 5 of 21 on Still (1981).

Still cover art

Lyrics for The Only Mistake

Made the fatal mistake Like I did once before A tendency just to take Till the purpose turned sour Strain, take the strain These days we love Strain, take the strain These days we love Yeah, the only mistake Was that you ran away Avenues lined with trees Strangled words for the day Yeah, the only mistake Like I made once before Yeah, the only mistake Could have made it before Strain, take the strain These days we love Strain, take the strain These days we love And the only mistake Led to rumours unfound Led to pressures unknown Different feelings and sounds Yeah, the only mistake Like I made once before Yeah, the only mistake Could have made it before

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