Joy Division - The Eternal (Official Lyric Video)

Official lyric video for Joy Division's 'The Eternal' taken from their second studio album 'Closer' released on the 18th July 1980.

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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain
Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside

[Verse 2]
Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
A burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse an unlucky deal
Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall

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[dmh]

One of the most powerful songs I have ever heard.

[Jaysthename]

This song is said to have been inspired by a child with Down's syndrome who lived near Ian. He is writing from the point of view of the child and seems to be narrating the inner thoughts of one who feels forever trapped without the means to properly communicate with others. This song is so unique in the abbreviated JD catalog and offers a fleeting glimpse of the unchartered territory that might have been covered on later albums.

[marioramus]

Pure Poetry from a Man who suffered tragically. RIP Ian Kevin Curtis. 😢

[alexvi]

Is a voice of a dead man still living, he's already away and nothing can keep him back

[dragonofthelake]

"No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall". I can't help but cry when this line comes. It gives me existential dread.

[pameladevereux]

I hope he found the peace that so eluded him life. We will never forget you.

[craigdunn]

Masterpiece. Sounds like a man who has lost hope and is at the end of his tether.

[TillyOrifice]

This is a truly great song. Depressing as hell mind you, but depressing in a way that somehow leaves you feeling uplifted.

[hughiedavies]

All this time later I'm even more amazed now at what they produced in 1980. Its incredible! Musical poetry that is so dark yet powerful.

[SecondFleshMusic]

One of the most beautifully haunting songs ever recorded.

[ghoulls.]

Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain
Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside
Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
A burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse an unlucky deal
Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall

[laurenpearson]

I finally found this song!!! Just remembered the deep sounds in the intro and the beat so unique

[danielel]

Do you know what’s scares me? The fuckin despair on lyrics with a unbelievable calmness tone voice, This is absolutely mesmerizing…

[christye]

Sometimes I think this is the saddest, most beautiful song ever recorded. At other times it’s Decades, Atmosphere or In a lonely place.

[squeegiedrdeye]

His mates had no idea they were taking part in the most haunting beautiful suicide note ever put to paper. Just a fkn absolute masterpiece

[duncanbuchanan]

Classic Joy Division ! This never gets old ! Ian's voice ! Like an old friend ! From the eighties !

[MetalVoid]

Everytime I hear this song, I get memories of my Mother passing and how her health deteriorated over time. But it also puts me in a very vivid vision of being in a cemetary that is in a windy forest during autumn time while I think about her.
It really makes me question what my fate will be and if everything I'm doing is worth it in the end. No song has ever made me feel emotions as hard as this.

[donanjos]

The best song from Joy Division, the one that defines what the band is

[marks]

I feel almost hypnotised by the beauty and yet an overwhelming feeling of despair when I lose myself in this track. The effects that I’m guessing Martin took the liberty of adding are chilling, the chirping and rattling, it’s exhausting, otherworldly and suffocating all at once 😮

I love this band so much more than any other.

[DuMaVi-myur]

This song and Decades drag me to the darkest and most depressive limit of everything I have lived. It is surprising that some musical notes, Ian's mystique and the lyrics take me to that unfathomable universe.