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A Means To An End

Joy Division

aka “Means To An End”

1980
256
Live performances
1
Recording
65
Release appearances
0
Covered by

Lyrics

A legacy so far removed, 
One day will be improved. 
Eternal rights we left behind, 
We were the better kind. 
Two the same, set free too, 
I always looked to you, 
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A legacy so far removed, 
One day will be improved. 
Eternal rights we left behind, 
We were the better kind. 
Two the same, set free too, 
I always looked to you, 
I always looked to you, 
I always looked to you.

We fought for good, stood side by side, 
Our friendship never died. 
On stranger waves, the lows and highs, 
Our vision touched the sky, 
Immortalists with points to prove, 
I put my trust in you. 
I put my trust in you. 
I put my trust in you. 
A house somewhere on foreign soil, 
Where ageing lovers call, 
Is this your goal, your final needs, 
Where dogs and vultures eat, 
Committed still I turn to go. 
I put my trust in you. 
I put my trust in you. 
I put my trust in you. 
I put my trust in you. 
In you. In you. In you. 
Put my trust in you, in you.

Versions & Mixes

Recordings, remixes and alternate mixes of this composition.

  • Album Version 4:06
  • Live 1979-12-18 4:17
  • Live 1980-05-02 4:04

Release Appearances

65 known appearances

Closer

Closer

1980
Still

Still

1981
1977 - 1980

1977 - 1980

1991
Heart & Soul

Heart & Soul

1997
Heart And Soul

Heart And Soul

1997

Fractured Box

2001
Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979

Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979

2001
Closer / Unknown Pleasures

Closer / Unknown Pleasures

2010

Videos

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Live History

256
Total performances
First known performance
18 Dec 1979
Les Bains Douches, Paris
Last known performance
31 Mar 2026
Technikum, Munich

Recent performances

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Sources

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