To me this song is a relapse to Joy Division, in the same vein as Low Life's Sunrise. The composition, the mood and the instrumentation are all throwbacks. There'a lot of anger and frustration directed at someone, and when I hear Bernard Sumner singing I suspect it's Ian.
There's a sense that there is a vast distance between him and the other person, that they are so different from one another ("things that mean so much to me/don't mean that much to you").
There's a sense that he is being watched and judged by them: "you sit there looking at me" and "you told me I was wrong".
He wants to attack the other person, to tear them down and "see their life in ruins".
Joy Division's music explored so much desperation, loneliness and depression that any song with this kind of mood has to stir up the band's feelings towards him. To me this song is about being tormented by someone who has left your life.
To me this song is a relapse to Joy Division, in the same vein as Low Life's Sunrise. The composition, the mood and the instrumentation are all throwbacks. There'a lot of anger and frustration directed at someone, and when I hear Bernard Sumner singing I suspect it's Ian.
There's a sense that there is a vast distance between him and the other person, that they are so different from one another ("things that mean so much to me/don't mean that much to you").
There's a sense that he is being watched and judged by them: "you sit there looking at me" and "you told me I was wrong".
He wants to attack the other person, to tear them down and "see their life in ruins".
Joy Division's music explored so much desperation, loneliness and depression that any song with this kind of mood has to stir up the band's feelings towards him. To me this song is about being tormented by someone who has left your life.
I doubt it's about Ian when it's so far into their career (1986 this was released on the brotherhood album) it's more of a break up song to be honest.
I doubt it's about Ian when it's so far into their career (1986 this was released on the brotherhood album) it's more of a break up song to be honest.