A shiny bauble of pure pop goodness, electronic synth-waves, and resonant vocals, “Bizarre Love Triangle” is a fantastic taste of ‘86 wine from the pioneers of post-punk electronica. Like the ying to Blue Monday’s yang, this track was a tripped out love song to a strange relationship. Hooky’s bass w...
[Verse 1]
Every time I think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It's no problem of mine, but it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind
There's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of the fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes and it's what nobody knows
Well, every day my confusion grows
[Chorus]
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
[Verse 2]
I feel fine and I feel good
I'm feeling like I never should
Whenever I get this way, I just don't know what to say
Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday?
I'm not sure what this could mean
I don't think you're what you seem
I do admit to myself that if I hurt someone else
Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be
[Chorus]
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Bizarre Love Triangle was written by Bernard Sumner & Stephen Morris & Peter Hook & Gillian Gilbert.
Bizarre Love Triangle was produced by New Order.
New Order released Bizarre Love Triangle on Thu Nov 06 1986.
Stephen Morris in a Rolling Stone interview revealed that the song was the band’s reaction to the death of Joy Division front-man Ian Curtis:
There’s life, and there’s death. We were still alive, so we thought we’d carry on doing it. Fate writes the lyrics, and we do the rest.
In the book New Orde...