Joy Division - Leaders Of Men Lyrics






Born from some mother's womb,
Just like any other room.
Made a promise for a new life.
Made a victim out of your life.

When your time's on the door,
And it drips to the floor,
And you feel you can touch,
All the noise is too much,
And the seeds that are sown,
Are no longer your own.

Just a minor operation,
To force a final ultimatum.
Thousand words are spoken loud,
Reach the dumb to fool the crowd.

When you walk down the street,
And the sound's not so sweet,
And you wish you could hide,
Maybe go for a ride,
To some peep show arcade,
Where the future's not made.

A nightmare situation,
Infiltrate imagination,
Smacks of past Holy wars,
By the wall with broken laws.

The leaders of men,
Born out of your frustration.
The leaders of men,
Just a strange infatuation.
The leaders of men,
Made a promise for a new life.
No saviour for our sakes,
To twist the internees of hate,
Self induced manipulation,
To crush all thoughts of mass salvation.





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  1. L.... H....

    I know this isn't the original album cover but still it's very provocative and thought provoking, love it!

  2. J.... A....

    This is one of the easiest and more badass bass lines ever

  3. B.... H....

    wish he'd stayed around to see his profound impact not just on music but many other areas of culture!!!!

  4. G.... P....

    Thought this was Minor Threat In My Eyes for a second

  5. a.... c....

    sonic youth should have done a version

  6. r.... m....

    The most prominent and last UK band

  7. S.... P....

    2:14 I love the guitar here so much.

  8. j.... k....

    59 douchbags live

  9. K.... ....

    It might be my imagination, but I'm hearing a bit of "you're lost little girl" by The Doors during the last 20 seconds of this song. Which would make sense, Ian was a big fan of Jim Morrison.

  10. n.... w....

    sounds like lou reed vicious in some parts

  11. A.... E....

    The musical arrangements at 2:13 for the outro are beautiful.

    A.... E....

    Do you know about Greg Sage & The Wipers?

    A.... E....

    That part always gets me

  12. J.... O....

    Fxxxing magnificenT Manchester So much too answer for

  13. M.... L....

    This song is against fascism, autoritarianism and stupidity,

  14. n.... s....

    As if the Stooges came out of Manchester slums

  15. t.... j....

    Excellent

  16. G.... C....

    My lovely darkness brought me here

    G.... C....

    Gabriela Castro yes , my misery brings me to joy division, ironic

  17. K.... L....

    Guitar riff reminds me strongly of Achilles Last Stand

  18. k.... l....

    you haven't forgotten Rudolf Hess

  19. s.... p....

    this song reminds me a little bit of that one Led Zeppelin song called Achilles Last Stand

  20. K.... P....

    bliss, total bliss, nothing better was, is or will be

  21. A.... ....

    Song of the Day
    06-10-18: Leaders of Men | Joy Division
    also on: www.onecuriousworld.com

  22. X.... �....

    Born from some mothers womb
    Just like any other room
    Made a promise for a new life
    Made a victim out of your life
    When your time's on the door
    And it drips to the floor
    And you feel you can touch
    All the noise is too much
    And the seeds that are sown
    Are no longer your own

    Just a minor operation
    To force a final ultimatum
    Thousand words are spoken loud
    Reach the dumb to fool the crowd
    When you walk down the street
    And the sound's not so sweet
    And you wish you could hide
    Maybe go for a ride
    To some peep show arcade
    Where the future's not made

    A nightmare situation
    Infiltrate imagination
    Smacks of past holy wars
    By the wall with broken laws
    The leaders of men
    Born out of your frustration
    The leaders of men
    Just a strange infatuation
    The leaders of men
    Made a promise for a new life
    No saviour for our sakes
    To twist the internees of hate
    Self induced manipulation
    To crush all thoughts of mass salvation.

    X.... �....

    holy shit the guy was a poet

  23. G.... T....

    What happened to the bass-baritone voice?

    G.... T....

    It comes later

    G.... T....

    This is before the baritone vocal came later

  24. L.... R....

    Not Ian Curtis

    L.... R....

    It is, it's when they called themselves Warsaw, Ian did higher pitched vocals.

    L.... R....

    Ians vocals

  25. D.... H....

    Ian has a unique voice.I love it.

  26. s.... p....

    This is rawww

  27. b.... K....

    where liders big boy gad

  28. m.... ....

    the comments on this go a pretty long way in proving that nazis are the dumbest people on the earth- i mean, every lyric of the song describes how despicable nationalism is and how fascism is just a way for a dictator to forge himself a throne out of everyone elses skulls, and then you have ivy league geniuses in the comments going "heil!"

    m.... ....

    >imagine being this deluded that you think only nazis fall for demagogue and populistic rethorics

    LMAO brainlet

  29. C.... C....

    Obviously about fascism and Nazis I'm fascinated but definitely not a Nazi or a fascist

  30. C.... C....

    Love Ian's voice on this song

  31. M.... m....

    is this sumner or curtis singing

    M.... m....

    Ian Curtis

  32. r.... h....

    Too good for ears.

  33. P.... J....

    From Poland... Still adequate af

  34. B.... D....

    No wonder people think I`m weird.

  35. R.... ....

    Hail Peter Hook, Legendary Bassist

    R.... ....

    Roadkill I thought I was the only one that loved that fucking bass line 🤙🏽

  36. c.... ....

    i just bought the single in vinyl it is different than this version lots more tempo.

  37. M.... H....

    Very UK Decayish.

  38. S.... ....

    K, love me some Joy Division.  And I dig this tune , but never ever thought I would heard somebody use the word "best" within a 5 mile radius of this recording :)  .

  39. M.... D....

    THIS SINGLE USHERED IN THE REAL JOY DIVISION SOUND... BRILLIANT LYRICS AND MUSIC... WHY DID IAN HAVE TO LEAVE US? I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF HE HAD DECIDED TO LIVE, WHAT JOY DIVISION WOULD HAVE BECOME WITH 4 MAJOR SONGWRITERS IN ONE BAND; IAN, BERNARD, PETER AND STEPHEN

  40. F.... z....

    je vends mon 12 "pour 75 euros

  41. M.... J....

    "The bigger the state, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager.

  42. M.... D....

    Peter Hook totally ruling on bass...most underrated bassist in the history of Music

    M.... D....

    Wow listening to tunes I ain't heard for so long, tunes dat mesmerized my soul they spoke for me total gratitude. Never saw them live yet Joy Division are live.

    M.... D....

    he pretty much invented a style on the D and G strings you know D ringing on 0 while mostly on higher notes in the G strings also played

    M.... D....

    Peter Hook has such a distinctive style - very underrated bass player

  43. y.... ....

    it's a nazis song ?

    y.... ....

    yuolac don't question it,just enjoy the music

    y.... ....

    Just a song against liars of men

  44. M.... D....

    Hooky is a Bass Supremo

  45. L.... P....

    So influenced by The Velvet Underground

    L.... P....

    Sister ray.

  46. Z.... T....

    About half of this song sounds just like the pre-chorus of "Queen Bitch"....

  47. s.... ....

    Absolutely outstanding 👌🏻

  48. R.... P....

    Keep coming back to this after all these years!!

  49. E.... W....

    This song it´s about about juice...

  50. H.... 1....

    This is heavier and better than any modern metal punk or rock and it combines all three and shits over the competition. Best band prob ever contrived. Rip Ian

  51. N.... P....

    Bass in Joy Division is Special and Different...

    N.... P....

    Intuitive, or instinctive

  52. N.... P....

    OHHH JOY DIVISION...

  53. T.... B....

    tha voices its so depressed and perfect
    but the warsaw version are better with more happy screams

  54. O.... A....

    this song is freaking epic... like its bass line

  55. J.... M....

    This doesn't sound like Ian was this made after he died?

    J.... M....

    It is Ian on vocals. This is from the "An ideal for living" EP which was released in 1978 before their proper debut album.

  56. M.... D....

    THE 1ST PERFECTLY PUT TOGETHER JOY DIVISION SONG!

  57. P.... D....

    23 souls don't understand music

    P.... D....

    Pedro Dias No,they don't have soul

    P.... D....

    Not even worthy to be dead souls...

  58. b.... ....

    Masterpiece...Fucking remember !

  59. H.... L....

    love jd and bowie ,im sure theres a bit of queen bitch in the the song

  60. J.... C....

    I was listening to this in the car and my dad said the vocals match up with a David Bowie song.

    J.... C....

    Queen Bitch?

  61. D.... P....

    Hate the sinner, love this sin.

  62. M.... H....

    Warsaw.

    M.... H....

    @Marc Hoyland I know I just wanted to make sure if you didn't know

    M.... H....

    @Erik Rabich is your last name pronounced like rabitch? Not dissing just curious.

    M.... H....

    @Tommy Wiseau yes it is

    M.... H....

    @Erik Rabich sorry I was sober I'm drunk now do people call you the "rabitch" in public? Its a legit question

    M.... H....

    Joy Division

  63. C.... M....

    Donald Trump is Jesus. Vote for me. Fuck Jesus!

  64. B.... J....

    love this song ...love JD

  65. z.... 1....

    great song

  66. A.... A....

    Pure shet

  67. K.... ....

    That guitar shit at the end tho....fuck this band is fantastic.

    K.... ....

    seriously

  68. J.... J....

    "the leaders of men, born out of your frustration. the leaders of men, just a strange infatuation. the leaders of men made a promise for a new life."

    J.... J....

    @Dave P Under the GOP or under the "Affordable" Care Act? (Interesting to note that not a single Republican voted for Obamacare. Anyone with a shred of economic sense would have rejected it as well.)

    J.... J....

    @Em Jay Enn
    Pre-ACA: as I said, costs have risen slower under Obama. The biggest increase in the burden of healthcare costs occurred under Republican Administrations from the 1980s to the 2000s pretty much the diametrical opposite of your depiction.

    J.... J....

    @Dave P The fact that "costs have risen slower under Obama" does not absolve Obama, or his party, or the "Affordable" Care Act.

    The monthly premiums of MOST Americans have skyrocketed. You ignore this because you're too busy talking about what Republicans did in the fucking 1980s (assuming that they even caused what you claim they cause, which you never proved).

    The "Affordable" Care Act has been an costly and unconstitutional disaster from Day 1, and it was intended to be, all in the manic quest to thrust single payer down the collective throats of American tax payers.

  69. E.... C....

    très bon titre

    je ne savais pas que le 45 tour original pouvait encore s'acheter

  70. N.... W....

    Your playlist rocks man ,Big Time ! You've made my day.

  71. J.... ....

    so good

  72. K.... T....

    Tu changes avec tes tripes et tu nous a révélé ton âme. ...merci Ian...on t'oublie pas....

  73. N.... ....

    Haven't heard this song in a long while. Joy Division for the win!!!!

  74. B.... ....

    This single on vinyl is going for 2500 pounds in London record store

    B.... ....

    Bee ridiculum

  75. N.... ....

    Now this is real poetry. And yet bands with stupid asinine lyrics are the ones that become the most popular. Mindless lyrics for mindless people. Ian Curtis was such a huge loss. 

    N.... ....

    @Anonymous Duckling yeah I do agree with you.

    N.... ....

    Anyone with something meaningful to say is a loss these days. Where did all the poets go?

    N.... ....

    @Simon all of them are hidden from outside world. Apparently because, the world is a cruel place nowadays.........

    N.... ....

    @ZɪᴍUɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ But that's exactly the times when you need these people to speak up. Someone needs to step up i mean i wont do it but.... Wait a minute. Ok, i see it now.

    N.... ....

    @Simon people are materialistic nowadays..........

  76. H.... ....

    Hi folks!
    This song is really great!
    In few days, I will be putting a cover version we have made!
    Stay tuned!

    H.... ....

    Hi! We have put our cover version online!
    You can listen to it on our youtube page!

    H.... ....

    +HÄSHCUT Go and check it out, Victor aproves.

    H.... ....

    Thanks man ! @Víctor Cid 

  77. s.... a....

    only from the north

  78. D.... A....

    I fucking love them. <3 And this song is uber awesome!

  79. G.... A....

    Thanks, being playing Joy Division all day, love it!

  80. S.... S....

    Joy Division - The Leaders of Men - HAIL!

  81. R.... B....

    WARSAW  A ...

  82. D.... ....

    joy división lo mejor

  83. S.... ....

    Hail Joy Division!

  84. V.... O....

    REMEMBER RUDOLPH HESS

    V.... O....

    "3-5-0-1-2-5 ... GO !"
    "31-G , ..."

    V.... O....

    YAL FORGOT RUDOLPH HEß

  85. T.... ....

    heh Nickelback. And they're fucking terrible

  86. A.... I....

    it's always U2

  87. M.... ....

    F**ken aye that Joy Division sound gets my fat f*ck frame active

  88. E.... ....

    The Cure

  89. I.... R....

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY IAN 15-JUL-1956

  90. a.... ....

    love Peter Hook as a bass player

  91. H.... ....

    I wonder if it was The Killers. They covered "Shadowplay."

  92. T.... ....

    Wow the bass line is amazing

  93. S.... S....

    Only one word applies to this. Sieg!

  94. B.... ....

    Your mother.

  95. M.... ....

    Joy divison fans get really mad when anyone calls them anything short of pure genius. Get over it guys it's just music. Those of us that understand and appreciate it don't need the rest of the world to tell us it's good to enjoy it. Unfortunately not everyone is able to understand the perfection that is Joy divison, but that shouldn't bother you. Just listen to it and be thankful that you "get it"

    M.... ....

    I am always suspicious to those who call anything they hear from JD "f.cking genius". The mere expression is f.cking stupid and points to very poor musical culture.

  96. D.... F....

    'Born from some mothers womb
    Just like any other room
    Made a promise for a new life
    Made a victim out of your life'

  97. J.... ....

    It IS one of their best songs! The first EP is surprisingly good.

  98. i.... c....

    whos jealos of my acount name?

    i.... c....

    Your Momma?

    i.... c....

    Not the real Ian Curtis