The lyrics are overwhelmed by the majestic keyboards and Bernard Sumner's melodica playing; the words therefore seem, at first listen, like nonsense. However, the song may be about the moment someone dies. With typical New Order black humor, even in death ("no hearing, no breathing, no movement, no colors, just silence"), the song's narrator is still able to deliver an insult ("why don't you piss off").
The lyrics are overwhelmed by the majestic keyboards and Bernard Sumner's melodica playing; the words therefore seem, at first listen, like nonsense. However, the song may be about the moment someone dies. With typical New Order black humor, even in death ("no hearing, no breathing, no movement, no colors, just silence"), the song's narrator is still able to deliver an insult ("why don't you piss off").