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'Shellshock' by New Order is a 1986 single from the album 'Pretty In Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'. The lyrics are relentlessly boundary-testing, pushing at the idea that escalation never satisfies, only tightening the grip as “the heart stops”. Across the chorus, it frames endurance as a kind of compulsion, urging listeners to keep going until the end point, with pain described in seductive, worsening terms. The repeated title functions like a refrain, turning the phrase into a strobe light for the song’s escalating insistence.
"Shellshock" is a track by New Order, from the album Pretty In Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), released 17th March 1986. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about New Order.
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