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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joy Division
Joy Division
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner
Songwriter
Ian Curtis
Ian Curtis
Songwriter
Peter Hook
Peter Hook
Songwriter
Stephen Morris
Stephen Morris
Songwriter
Ian Curtis
Ian Curtis
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When routine bites hard and ambitions are low
And resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways, taking different roads
[Chorus]
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
[Instrumental]
Why is the bedroom so cold? You've turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed? Our respect runs so dry
Yet there's still this appeal that we've kept through our lives
[Chorus]
But love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
[Instrumental]
You cry out in your sleep, all my failings exposed
There's a taste in my mouth as desperation takes hold
Is it something so good it just can't function no more?
[Chorus]
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
[Instrumental]
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Written by: Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris

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