Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division

When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways, taking different roads

Then love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again

Why is the bedroom so cold?
You've turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed?
Our respect runs so dry
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives

But love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again

You cry out in your sleep
All my failings exposed
And there's a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Just that something so good just can't function no more

But love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again


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Love Will Tear Us Apart Lyrics as written by Ian Kevin Curtis Bernard Sumner

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    smsns - did you mean heaven 17...

    grrrr what really fucking annoys me is when people use emo terminology or band names and assosiate them with great artists..emo is a load of fucking shite.

    as jarvis cocker said...cut your hair and get a job

    Riot Grrrlon January 30, 2006   Link

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