Wilderness Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Iberian85 

Cover art for Wilderness lyrics by Joy Division

This song is about organized religion.

It starts off talking about organized religion being a roadblock to progress in many instances through time. Then it makes a reference to Jesus Christ and his execution for being different and preaching something that was new at the time. Then it talks about the one-sided trials and 'unknown martyrs' who died...perhaps a reference to the Inquisition?