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Day of the Lords

Joy Division

aka “Day Of The Lords”

1979
324
Live performances
1
Recording
78
Release appearances
3
Covered by

Credits

Written by

Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner

Produced by

Martin Hannett

Lyrics

This is the room, the start of it all, 
No portrait so fine, only sheets on the wall,
I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain, 
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.

Where will it end? Where will it end? 
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This is the room, the start of it all, 
No portrait so fine, only sheets on the wall,
I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain, 
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.

Where will it end? Where will it end? 
Where will it end? Where will it end?

These are your friends from childhood, through youth,
Who goaded you on, demanded full proof, 
Withdrawal pain is hard, it can do you right in, 
So distorted and thin, distorted and thin.

Where will it end? Where will it end? 
Where will it end? Where will it end?

This is the car at the edge of the road, 
There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed, 
I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat, 
There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak,

Where will it end? Where will it end? 
Where will it end? Where will it end?

This is the room, the start of it all, 
Through childhood, through youth, I remember it all, 
I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain, 
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.

Where will it end? Where will it end? 
Where will it end? Where will it end?

Versions & Mixes

Recordings, remixes and alternate mixes of this composition.

  • Album Version 4:43
  • Live 1979-12-18 4:39

Release Appearances

78 known appearances

Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures

1979
1977 - 1980

1977 - 1980

1991
Permanent

Permanent

1995
Permanent: Joy Division 1995

Permanent: Joy Division 1995

1995
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

324
Total performances
First known performance
30 Jun 1979
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Last known performance
3 Apr 2026
Leffe Stage, Enschede

Recent performances

Showing 20 of 324 total

Covered By (3)

16 Horsepower Honeymoon Stitch Neurosis

Sources

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