As It Is When It Was
New Order
aka “As It Is When It Was (Reading Festival 29/8/93)” aka “As It Is When It Was (Rotterdam 1985)”
1986
110
Live performances
1
Recording
30
Release appearances
0
Covered by
Credits
Written by New Order.
Lyrics
I've kept my head against the wall I've been this way for so long now You weren't exactly falling over yourself When last I saw you Well I always thought We'd get along like a house on fire …
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I've kept my head against the wall I've been this way for so long now You weren't exactly falling over yourself When last I saw you Well I always thought We'd get along like a house on fire Until you told me that I'd have to go How can someone like you work that slow Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see I don't feel anything no more This state of grace is consuming me I'm not grown up and I am not a boy I feel no pain and I feel no joy Well I always thought We'd get along like a house on fire In those days when the sun was warm I ran in the street where I was born Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see The streets are so empty at this time of night I'd rather walk on my own than fight In a world where I'd forgotten you I found myself forgotten, too That's the danger of believing books And all the lies of those thieves and crooks We sing intellectual songs of love From a stolen pen to a velvet glove.
Versions & Mixes
Recordings, remixes and alternate mixes of this composition.
- Album Version 3:43
- Live 1993-08-29 3:47
- Reading Festival 31 August 1993 3:52
Release Appearances
30 known appearances
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Live History
110
Total performances
Recent performances
- 16 Oct 2022 Vancouver
- 17 Apr 2016 Eindhoven
- 2 Apr 2016 Dublin
- 31 Mar 2016 Belfast
- 12 Mar 2016 Buckley
- 11 Mar 2016 Norwich
- 10 Mar 2016 Cardiff
- 6 Mar 2016 Reading
- 5 Mar 2016 Wakefield
- 4 Mar 2016 Coventry
- 27 Nov 2015 Dublin
- 3 Oct 2015 Royal Leamington Spa
- 2 Oct 2015 Southampton
- 1 Oct 2015 Southend-on-Sea
- 26 Sep 2015 Nottingham
- 25 Sep 2015 Kingston upon Hull
- 24 Sep 2015 Glasgow
- 19 Sep 2015 Holmfirth
- 18 Sep 2015 Gloucester
- 17 Sep 2015 Derby
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