Joy Division - Failures lyrics

Don't speak of false Messiahs

A failure of the modern man

To the centre of all life's desires

As a whole not an also ran

Love in a hollow field

Break the image of your father's son

Drawn to an inner feel

He was thought of as the only one

He no longer denies

All the failures of the modern man

He no longer picks sides

Sees the failures of the modern man

Wise words and sympathy

Tell the story of our history

New strength gives a real touch

Sense and reason make it all too much

With a strange mentality

Brake the spirits of a lesser man

Some other race can see

In his way he was the only one.

He no longer denies

All the failures of the modern man

No, no, he can't pick sides

Sees the failures of the modern man

Now that it's right to decide

In his time he was a total man

Taken from Caesar's side

Kept in silence just to prove who's wrong

No, no he can't despise

All the failures of the modern man

No, no, wouldn't it be nice?

All the failures of the modern man