Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division has stated that this song is about the 1970’s punk scene coming to an end.
All the young generation of that era lived for an ideal, the punk ideal. And now that the punk movement was in crisis, what all these young people would do? What were they live for?
[Verse 1]
When the people listen to you, don't you know it means a lot?
Because you've got to work so hard for everything you've got
Can't rest on your laurels now - not when you've got none
You'll find yourself in the gutter, right back where you came from
[Verse 2]
Someone told me being in the know is the main thing
We all need the security that belonging brings
Can't stand on your own in these times against all the odds
You all just fall behind like all the other sods
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
You slap our backs and pretend you knew about
All the things that we were gonna do
What you're gonna do?
What you're gonna do when it's over?
[Verse 3]
You're all on your own now - don't you think that it's a shame?
But you're the only one responsible to take the blame
So what you're gonna do when the novelty is gone?
Yeah, what you're gonna do when the novelty is gone?
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
You slap our backs and pretend you knew about
All the things that we were gonna do
What you're gonna do?
What you're gonna do when it's over?
Novelty was written by Stephen Morris & Peter Hook & Bernard Sumner & Ian Curtis.
Novelty was produced by Martin Hannett.
Joy Division released Novelty on Sun Oct 07 1979.