True Faith

[post 275]

Here's a curiosity I stumbled upon while sitting in a bar with some clowns in Vilnius (Lithuania) this summer. In one of those rare moments when television coverage wasn't devoted to the Olympics, our eyes all took notice of a slaphappy video playing on the tv above us. I am proud to say that I was still sober enough to write down the name that flashed on the screen at the end. I guess it must have been early in the evening.

The group is New Order, the track is True Faith, and the physical business gets more elaborate around the two-and-a-half minute mark...



And if you're wondering about the connection between all this mayhem and the lyrics, here they are. I'm guessing it has something to do with that lost childhood that was replaced by fear.

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
I don't care 'cause I'm not there
And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow
Again and again I've taken too much
Of the things that cost you too much
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

When I was a very small boy,
Very small boys talked to me
Now that we've grown up together
They're afraid of what they see
That's the price that we all pay
Our valued destiny comes to nothing
I can't tell you where we're going
I guess there was just no way of knowing
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
The chances are we've gone too far
You took my time and you took my money
Now I fear you've left me standing
In a world that's so demanding
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...