DURUTTI COLUMN ... Missing Boy 1981

- about ian curtis - 

There was a boy
I almost knew him

A glance exchanged
Made me feel good

Leaving some signs
Now a legend

The dream was wrought
Where thoughts were heard
Love is reserved
From previous times


Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action
Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order


Watch with obsession
Some accident of beauty

Try to capture
As the light begins to fail

Shapes to compose
Shadows of frailty

The dream is better
Dissolves into softness

But the end
The end is always the same

Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action
Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order


There was a boy
I almost knew him

A glance exchanged
Made me feel good

Leaving some signs
Now a legend