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Joy Division – Candidate (Live at The Factory) (1997) | Track profile | Dork

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Unknown Pleasures (Collector’s Edition)
Candidate (Live at The Factory)

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Candidate (Live at The Factory)

Release date: 1st December 1997

From Unknown Pleasures (Collector’s Edition)

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"Candidate (Live at The Factory)" is a track by Joy Division, from the album Unknown Pleasures (Collector’s Edition), released 1st December 1997. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Joy Division.

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Lyrics

Candidate (Live at The Factory)

[Verse 1]

Forced by the pressure

The territories marked

No longer the pleasure

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

[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

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From Unknown Pleasures (Collector’s Edition)

1997

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Album

Unknown Pleasures (Collector’s Edition)

Release year

1997

—Disorder (Live at The Factory)
—The Only Mistake (Live at The Factory)
—Dead Souls (Live at The Factory)
—Novelty (Live at The Factory)
—Interzone (Live at The Factory)
—She’s Lost Control (Live at The Factory)
—Insight (Live at The Factory)
—Shadowplay (Live at The Factory)
—Transmission (Live at The Factory)
—Candidate (Live at The Factory)
—Atrocity Exhibition (Live at The Factory)
—Wilderness (Live at The Factory)

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