JOY DIVISION - LEADERS OF MEN

LEADERS OF MEN

JOY DIVISION

SONGWRITERS: BERNARD SUMNER; PETER HOOK; IAN KEVIN CURTIS & STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS

RCA SESSION MAY 1978

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: NA IDEAL FOR LIVING

LABEL: ENIGMA

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1978

An Ideal for Living is the first EP by the English post-punk band Joy Division. It was released in 1978 by the band's own label, Enigma, shortly after the group changed its name from Warsaw.

Born from some mother's womb,

Just like any other room.

Made a promise for a new life.

Made a victim out of your life.

When your time's on the door,

And it drips to the floor,

And you feel you can touch,

All the noise is too much,

And the seeds that are sown,

Are no longer your own.

Just a minor operation,

To force a final ultimatum.

Thousand words are spoken loud,

Reach the dumb to fool the crowd.

When you walk down the street,

And the sound's not so sweet,

And you wish you could hide,

Maybe go for a ride,

To some peep show arcade,

Where the future's not made.

A nightmare situation,

Infiltrate imagination,

Smacks of past Holy wars,

By the wall with broken laws.

The leaders of men,

Born out of your frustration.

The leaders of men,

Just a strange infatuation.

The leaders of men,

Made a promise for a new life.

No saviour for our sakes,

To twist the internees of hate,

Self induced manipulation,

To crush all thoughts of mass salvation.