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Unknown Pleasures
Candidate

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Candidate

Release date: 15th June 1979

From Unknown Pleasures

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"Candidate" is a track by Joy Division, from the album Unknown Pleasures, released 15th June 1979. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Joy Division.

Lyrics

Candidate

[Verse 1]

Forced by the pressure

The territories marked

No longer the pleasure

Oh, I've since lost the heart

Corrupted from memory

No longer the power

It's creeping up slowly:

The last fatal hour

Oh, I don't know what made me

Or what gave me the right

To mess with your values

And change wrong to right

[Verse 2]

Please keep your distance

The trail leads to here

There's blood on your fingers

Brought on by fear

I campaigned for nothing

I worked hard for this

I tried to get to you

You treat me like this

It's just second nature

It's what we've been shown

We're living by your rules

That's all that we know

[Outro]

I tried to get to you

I tried to get to you

I tried to get to you

Oh, I tried to get to...

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Track details

From Unknown Pleasures

1979

Album

Unknown Pleasures

Release year

1979

—Candidate
—Day of the Lords
—Insight
—Interzone
—Shadowplay
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—I Remember Nothing
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—New Dawn Fades

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