Insight Lyrics

Lyric discussion by martynlangan23 

Cover art for Insight lyrics by Joy Division

realisation and remebering. pure and simple.

'my life is ruined, but you know what, i'm gonna accept it.'

simple observation of his society told ian that ultimately, life means nothing if you have not the power to prolong it. so subsequently he accepts fate and turns to question others and pontificate on his life.

"Hey don't you know you were right?" and "but we remember, when we were young"

finally, he imparts a final statement of not being afraid, possibly foretelling of his acceptance of suicide?

much much more than meets the eye/ear of course (as with any jd song) but who are we to interpret a song as beautiful and haunting as this?