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Substance
From Safety to Where...?

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From Safety to Where...?

Release date: 5th October 1979

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"From Safety to Where...?" is a track by Joy Division, from the album Substance, released 5th October 1979. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Joy Division.

Lyrics

From Safety to Where...?

[Verse 1]

No I don't know just why

No I don't know just why

Which way to turn

I got this ticket to use

[Chorus]

Through childlike ways rebellion and crime

To reach this point and retreat back again

The broken hearts, all the wheels that have turned

The memories scarred and the vision is blurred

[Verse 2]

No I don't know which way

Don't know which way to turn

The best possible use

[Chorus]

Just passing through, until we reach the next stage

But just to where, well it's all been arranged

Just passing through but the break must be made

Should we move on or stay safely away?

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Through childlike ways rebellion and crime

To reach this point and retreat back again

The broken hearts, all the wheels that have turned

The memories scarred and the vision is blurred

Just passing through, until we reach the next stage

But just to where, well it's all been arranged

Just passing through but the break must be made

Should we move on or stay safely away?

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Track details

From Substance

1979

Album

Release year

1979

—Autosuggestion
—Glass
—As You Said
—Incubation
—Digital
—Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine Version)
—Novelty
—She’s Lost Control (12" Mix)
—Transmission
—From Safety to Where...?
—These Days
—Warsaw
—Dead Souls
—No Love Lost
—Leaders of Men
—Failures

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Writer: Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris
Producer: Martin Hannett
Credited: Bernard Sumner, Ian Curtis, Martin Hannett, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Various Artists