I don't think this is about Ian Curtis, not so sure what is about anyway... Sometimes I related NO songs to IC... but that's probably because those two thoughts are already in my mind so I can't freely listen and decide what is about... Some things seem to hint at it, anyway... like the constant "he", "the second look", "the leap ahead", "the hope kept alive", but I don't think that the parts "he'll remove all of your pain", "this worhy cause of human kind", "this open book yet to be read" suggest Ian Curtis... And it maybe that the "we" is not the band, but some kind of methaphor for something else...
It's about two people : Tony Wilson and Ian Curtis. If you read the lyrics and watch the movie 24 hour party people which explains the Manchester music scene (Madchester) you'll get it.
It's about two people : Tony Wilson and Ian Curtis. If you read the lyrics and watch the movie 24 hour party people which explains the Manchester music scene (Madchester) you'll get it.
New Order had a lot of good and bad feelings about both of these people and both were instrumental to New Order.
New Order had a lot of good and bad feelings about both of these people and both were instrumental to New Order.
I don't think this is about Ian Curtis, not so sure what is about anyway... Sometimes I related NO songs to IC... but that's probably because those two thoughts are already in my mind so I can't freely listen and decide what is about... Some things seem to hint at it, anyway... like the constant "he", "the second look", "the leap ahead", "the hope kept alive", but I don't think that the parts "he'll remove all of your pain", "this worhy cause of human kind", "this open book yet to be read" suggest Ian Curtis... And it maybe that the "we" is not the band, but some kind of methaphor for something else...
It's about two people : Tony Wilson and Ian Curtis. If you read the lyrics and watch the movie 24 hour party people which explains the Manchester music scene (Madchester) you'll get it.
It's about two people : Tony Wilson and Ian Curtis. If you read the lyrics and watch the movie 24 hour party people which explains the Manchester music scene (Madchester) you'll get it.
New Order had a lot of good and bad feelings about both of these people and both were instrumental to New Order.
New Order had a lot of good and bad feelings about both of these people and both were instrumental to New Order.