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Cries & Whispers

New Order

aka “Cries And Whispers”

1981
182
Live performances
1
Recording
28
Release appearances
1
Covered by

Overview

Often mistaken for "Mesh"

Liner notes from Retro given my Stephen Morris:

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Credits

Produced by

Martin Hannett

Written by New Order.

Lyrics

Below the surface this day I need it light
Inside dimension lies another sacrifice
Once out of reach, we never speak, we never compromise
As they turned to gold the edges froze and seemed to turn to ice

All flight departures assembled not returned
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Below the surface this day I need it light
Inside dimension lies another sacrifice
Once out of reach, we never speak, we never compromise
As they turned to gold the edges froze and seemed to turn to ice

All flight departures assembled not returned
Left in these passions I looked but never learned
There's hope, you've heard there's life in another world
Sometimes you'll find that truth is never kind
In the ghost lies a portrait of space that time is never here
In the mind of a fallen man, an easy day in another land
Ship sails out to sea, away from me, I just stand and stare
Assassin clears his hands, I know that, and, I wasn't even there

One day it came to mind we even leave the rest behind
Some day, I know, you get where you should go
There's hope, you've heard there's life in another world
Sometimes we'll find that truth is never kind
One day it came to mind we even leave the rest behind
Some day, I know, we even get where we used to go
There's hope, you've heard there's life in another world

Versions & Mixes

Recordings, remixes and alternate mixes of this composition.

  • Original Version 3:25
  • Original Version 5:02

Release Appearances

28 known appearances

Everything's Gone Green

Everything's Gone Green

1981
Retro

Retro

2002

Live History

182
Total performances
First known performance
5 Sep 1980
Scamps, Blackpool
Last known performance
25 Mar 2026
SimmCity, Vienna

Recent performances

Showing 20 of 182 total

Covered By (1)

Florentine Cruise

Story

"Cries and Whispers is a great revelation because everyone thinks it's called Mesh. But it isn't. It was mislabelled in 1987 and nobody ever noticed."

Sources

MusicBrainz recording ↗