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New Order - Republic Album Lyrics



New Order - Republic Lyrics






Regret

Maybe I've forgotten
The name and the address
Of everyone I've ever known
It's nothing I regret
Save it for another day, 'cause
The school is out
And the kids have run away

I would like a place I can call my own
Have a conversation on my telephone
Wake up everyday, that would be a start
I would not complain 'bout my wounded heart

I was upset, you see
Almost all the time
You used to be a stranger
Now you are mine

I wouldn't even trust you
I've not that much to give
We're dealing in the limits
And we don't know who with

You may think that I'm out of hand
That I'm naive, I'll understand
On this occasion, it's not true
Look at me, I'm not you

I would like a place I can call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up everyday, that would be a start
I would not complain 'bout my wounded heart

I was a short fuse
Burning all the time
You were a complete stranger
Now you are mine

I would like a place I can call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up everyday, that would be a start
I would not complain 'bout my wounded heart

Just wait 'til tomorrow
I guess that's what they all say
Just before they fall apart
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Writer: Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Hague, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group




World

I turn sideways to the sun
Keep my thoughts from everyone
It's a jungle, I'm a freak
Hear me talk, but never speak

So I'm stepping out of time
Because breaking is a crime
And it may all be too late
But I've no passion for this hate

That's the price of love (that's the price of love)
Can you feel it (can you feel it)
If we could buy it now (that's the price of love)
How long would it last (that's the price of love)

And when this building is on fire
These flames can't burn any higher
I turn sideways to the sun
And in a moment I am gone

That's the price of love (that's the price of love)
Can you feel it (can you feel it)
If we could buy it now (that's the price of love)
How long would it last (that's the price of love)

That's the price of love (that's the price of love)
Can you feel it (can you feel it)
If we could buy it now (that's the price of love)
How long would it last (that's the price of love)
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Writer: BERNARD (GB 2) SUMNER, PETER HOOK, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group




Ruined In A Day

Listen
I may be wrong but you are missing
There's something wrong you could say
Ruined in a day

You could be the lover of jade
Forever on your own in the shade
Let's do it anyway

Some people like to deceive you
While others may feel that they need you
While I do the best that I can
Keeping my life in my hands

And if you feel your cradle rocking
Then take the wheel
Don't let me stop you
(Hang around for awhile)

But stop acting like a child
Every step we take is the one
That's gonna undo what you've done
It could take all day

Some people like to deceive you
While others may feel that they need you
But I do the best that I can
I keep my world in my hands

Some people like to deceive you
While others may feel that they need you
But I do the best that I can
Keeping my world in my hands
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Writer: BERNARD (GB 2) SUMNER, PETER HOOK, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group




Spooky

Once in a while I need a friend
So why won't you let me recover
It's just a moment in your life
But sometimes we divide each other

Maybe we could find a time
Eliminate what's on your mind
We'd do everything we could
Our presence in the neighborhood

We could break every rule
Anytime we wanted to
Don't be afraid to live this way
Lets defend the things we say

I want to be up in the air
I could be anywhere
Tell me I'm wrong, at least till tomorrow
Set me free and I will follow

Maybe we could find a time
To elevate what's on your mind
Recreate for me and you
A master plan just for two

We could break every rule
Anytime we wanted to
Don't be afraid to live this way
Let's defend the things we say

Elevate what's on your mind
Eliminate what's on your mind
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Writer: BERNARD SUMNER, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, PETER HOOK, STEPHEN ERIC HAGUE, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC , Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.




Everyone Everywhere

At the end of the day
There's no food on our plate
So we beg and we steal
For we know love is real
And if we don't take a chance
In a spare sideways glance
These are all the chains I wanted
To justify the things I do

And when we kiss we speak as one
And in a single breath this world is gone
And when we kiss we speak as one
With a single breath this world is gone

It's a crisis I know
At the end of the show
People change but we don't falter
'Cause we know love is real
This is no place to shiver
So get up off the grass
You were once the main attraction
But all that's in the past

How much is free for me and you?
I'm on my knees, I am a fool
But when we kiss we speak as one
With a single breath this world is gone
This world is gone

How could I fail to give her
When she cried such a lot?
People change but we don't falter
'Cause we use what we've got

And when we kiss we speak as one
With a single breath this world is gone
And when we kiss we speak as one
With a single breath this world is gone

This world is gone
This world is gone
This world is gone
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Writer: Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Hague, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group




Young Offender

Pictures of an image of a person who could not be blamed
You are a colour and you are a number
We need a sanction to see one another
If I keep my distance in the season of this slender hell
It's because of the need to live off one another
Go home young offender and stay undercover

We're busy running out of time
(Whatever it takes, I will make you mine)
I'll take the future from your hands
(All the things I've ever had, I can make the perfect crime)

We're strong, we do our thing
Let the world cry, watch the birds sing
Give me the freedom, I need to recover
Words cannot heal, when a line is your lover

Wind howls in my chamber like an angel
(like an angel)
You are a colour and you are a number
Go home young offender and stay undercover
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Writer: BERNARD (GB 2) SUMNER, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, PETER HOOK, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group




Liar

I haven't time to sympathise
With all this nonsense and your lies
You are the king of nothing
But you shall hold me
You've got your finger on the pulse
And in my pocket, yes of course
I am the voice of treason
But you betrayed me

I used up nearly all my luck
I didn't have to try
But yesterday is gone
And now I need an alibi
If this gets any stranger things are gonna change
Cause I can't stand the music, always lying
If that's what it takes I'll do it (I'll do it)
I'll keep on right on through it (on through it)

So please believe me when I say
I wouldn't give the time of day
Because then I'd be faking
When I could tell the truth
Were you abandoned in your youth
Because if not, you will be soon
I'm growing tired of waiting
For you to say goodbye
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Writer: Gillian Leslie Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Paul David Morris, Bernard Sumner
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group




Chemical

Any kind of fool with the will to live
Tries to get it right with the one they're with
But even though I give you special treatment
You keep getting high juvenile delinquent

And this is how it feels to be
On the payroll company
Your every scene is in the round
And all the men are falling down

Constantly harrassed and misunderstood
I'm the 'lost and found' of the neighbourhood
And I am not a part of society
So don't get off the ground just be with me

And this is how it feels to be
On the payroll company
Your every scene is in the round
And all the men are falling down

I would brave the rainstorm in my car
Maybe you can leave but you won't get far
It wasn't just a dream it was much too good
Just another day in the brotherhood

And this is how it feels to be
On the payroll company
Your every scene is in the round
And all the men are falling down

And this is how it feels to be
On the payroll company
Your every scene is in the round
We don't need to hang around
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Writer: BERNARD (GB 2) SUMNER, PETER HOOK, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS, STEPHEN E. HAGUE
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management




Times Change

In a manger like Christ I lay
Yellow fever, yellow hay
Feel the rhythm, sweetest sound
Making, breaking sacred ground

I'd give you a piece of my love for free
But whatever I say, you'll never see
Acquire a taste for a different sound
Make or break it this side of town

Life will never be the same
In Port-Royal town
I hear it coming
The shaking of the ground
They're stealing in the day
In Port-Royal town
The children are running

Ever strange the lives we lead
So detached from the things we need
Signs of greed in everyone
Instant eviction and the blood on a gun

Just when you think you've found it
Spinning world I want to spin around it
What is wrong?
This pain won't peel
The fibers of my life won't heal

Life will never be the same
In Port-Royal town
I hear it coming
The shaking of the ground
They're stealing in the day
In Port-Royal town
The children are running

Life will never be the same
In Port-Royal town
I hear it coming
The shaking of the ground
They're stealing in the day
In Port-Royal town
The children are running
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Writer: Bernard (gb 2) Sumner, Peter Hook, Gillian Lesley Gilbert, Stephen Paul David Morris
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group




Special

It isn't what it used to be
I wake up every night
On the stairs
Waiting for the dawn to come
Every drop of wine
You can be my time
Only tomorrow knows
Why do we beg when we can borrow
This time we knew
No more or less
There's nothing left

It was always special
It was like water down the drain
I'm intoxicated
Every time I hear your name
I try to remember
But nothing is the same

It wasn't that I didn't try
It's not the kind of thing, that you buy
Written in my destiny
Life is but a dream
Covered by the sky
Stop saying that you're calling time
Look at your life before you start on mine
I'm not the kind of person that you need
I'm sick of trying
I mean that it's over

It was always special
It was like water down the drain
I'm intoxicated
Every time I hear your name
I try to remember
But nothing is the same
It was always special
it was like water down the drain

Patiently you wait for me
You're so blind
I thought it couldn't be
Then changed my mind
Drowning in the endless sea
Line all those lines
The traces of your memory
Don't belong with mine
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Writer: BERNARD SUMNER, GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, PETER HOOK, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS, STEPHEN ERIC HAGUE
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management




Avalanche

Faith
Faith
Faith

Faith
Faith
Faith
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Writer: GILLIAN LESLEY GILBERT, PETER HOOK, STEPHEN PAUL DAVID MORRIS, BERNARD (GB 2) SUMNER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Spirit Music Group




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Republic (stylised as Republic©) is the sixth studio album by English rock band New Order. It was first released on 3 May 1993 in the United Kingdom by CentreDate Co Ltd in association with London Records and on 11 May 1993 in the United States by Qwest and Warner Bros. Records. It was the band's first album following the demise of their former label Factory Records, and would be their last studio album for eight years until 2001's Get Ready.

Republic became New Order's second consecutive album to top the UK Albums Chart, and was nominated for the 1993 Mercury Music Prize. In the United States, it reached number 11 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest-peaking album on the chart to date. Its lead single "Regret" became New Order's last top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. The band went on hiatus following a gig at the Reading Festival in promotion of the album in August 1993. Lead singer Bernard Sumner was known to dislike travelling to North America, and media reports suggested that the pressure of the long leg there contributed to the band's temporary demise, although they reunited in 1998.
Performed By: New Order
Producer(s): Stephen Hague, New Order
Length: 47:37
Released: May 3rd, 1993
Year: 1993

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