🎵 Atmosphere // by Joy Division
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"Atmosphere" is a song by the band Joy Division. It was originally released in 1980 as a France-only single under the title Licht und Blindheit with "Dead Souls" as the B-side. Atmosphere was the "A" side for the UK release but the "B" side for the US release. Peter Hook formerly of Joy Division has said he regards the song as the band's greatest.
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It featured on the Joy Division compilation albums Substance and Permanent and was released as a single in 1988. It reached number one on the New Zealand singles chart in 1981. Read more on Last.fm.
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Atmosphere Lyrics
The song that John Peel played after announcing Ian Curtis’s death is unbearably close and brooding, but allows the occasional shaft of light. Stephen Morris’s pattering drums rouse Atmosphere from troubled… Read More
[Chorus]
Walk in silence
Don't walk away, in silence
[Verse 1]
See the danger, always danger
Endless talking, life rebuilding
Don't walk away
[Chorus]
Walk in silence
Don't turn away, in silence
[Verse 2]
Your confusion, my illusion
Worn like a mask of self-hate, confronts and then dies
Don't walk away
[Verse 3]
People like you find it easy
Naked to see, walking on air
Hunting by the rivers, through the streets, every corner
Abandoned too soon, set down with due care
[Chorus]
Don't walk away, in silence
Don't walk away
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