Lyric discussion by coo2kachoo 

Cover art for Novelty lyrics by Joy Division

I like the music and "chorus" -whatcha gonna do when it's over, whatcha gonna do when the novelty is gone?- more than the whole lyric on paper. I like the punky feel of it.

Reading the whole song is different than when I've listened to it. Like other things I had my own idea/impression independent of the actual thing (in this case lyrics) and it's different. My idea impression before reading the lyrics... was confronting some neophyte about what will happen "tomorrow" or in the long run. It was criticizing/sneering at the aesthetes or even him sneering at himself.