So this is permanent, love's shattered pride
What once was innocence, turned on its side
A cloud hangs over me, marks every move
Deep in the memory, what once was love

Oh, how I realized how I wanted time
Put into perspective, tried so hard to find
Just for one moment, thought I'd found my way
Destiny unfolded, I watched it slip away

Excessive flashpoints, beyond all reach
Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep
Let's take a ride out, see what we can find
Valueless collection of hopes and past desires

I never realized the lengths I'd have to go
All the darkest corners of a sense I didn't know
Just for one moment, I heard somebody call
Looked beyond the day in hand, there's nothing there at all

Now that I've realized how it's all gone wrong
Gotta find some therapy, this treatment takes too long
Deep in the heart of where sympathy held sway
Gotta find my destiny before it gets too late


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Twenty Four Hours Lyrics as written by Ian Kevin Curtis Bernard Sumner

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    I always thought this was the best track on the 2nd album, yet I see no comments upto now. They used it in the film Control, but unless I was more drunk than I thought, Ian Curtis is shown writing the song the evening before he dies. In which case he would have had to record the vocals after his death, which I don't think he did.

    badgerboyon April 18, 2010   Link

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