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'Face Up' by New Order is a pop track from the album 'Low-Life' (1985). The lyrics take the form of a bleak reckoning with a cold, ageing relationship, where youth curdles into regret and the speaker fixates on an unforgiving self-scrutiny, asking, “Can you see your own dark face?”. As the list of disappointments tightens, the emotional register hardens into despair, with affection withdrawn and a sense of moral and human failure settling in.
"Face Up" is a track by New Order, from the album Low-Life, released 12th May 1985. The track is 5:07 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about New Order.
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