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Dreams Never End

New Order

aka “Dreams Never End (Album Version)”

1980
295
Live performances
1
Recording
110
Release appearances
2
Covered by

Credits

Written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner.

Lyrics

My promise could be your fiend
A given end to your dreams
A simple movement or rhyme
Could be the smallest of signs
We'll never know what they are or care
In it's escapable view
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My promise could be your fiend
A given end to your dreams
A simple movement or rhyme
Could be the smallest of signs
We'll never know what they are or care
In it's escapable view
There's no escape so few in fear
Give in a changing value

To be given your sight
Hid in a long peaceful night
A nervous bride for your eyes
A fractured smile that soon dies
A love that's wrong from your life and soul
A savage mine had begun
Hello, farewell to your love and soul
Hello, farewell to your soul

Now I know what those hands would do
No looking back now, we're pushing through
We'll change these feelings, we'll taste and see
But never guess how the him would scream
But never guess how the him would scream
But never guess how the him would scream

Versions & Mixes

Recordings, remixes and alternate mixes of this composition.

  • Album Version 3:13
  • BBC Sessions 3:05
  • Demo Version 3:24
  • Live 18 Nov 1981 ?:??
  • Live Apr 08 1991 ?:??
  • Original Version 3:17
  • Original Version 3:40

Release Appearances

110 known appearances

Movement

Movement

1981
Peel Sessions 1981

Peel Sessions 1981

1987
Republic

Republic

1993
Retro

Retro

2002

No Pain No Gain

2005
One Sweat Night

One Sweat Night
Touched By The Hand Of God

Touched By The Hand Of God

Videos

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Live History

295
Total performances
First known performance
5 Sep 1980
Scamps, Blackpool
Last known performance
4 Jun 2026
Manchester Academy 1, Manchester

Recent performances

Showing 20 of 295 total

Covered By (2)

Flight The Minus One

Sources

MusicBrainz work ↗ MusicBrainz recording ↗