Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men - well where have they been?
We knocked on doors of Hell's darker chambers
Pushed to the limits, we dragged ourselves in

Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen
Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration
The sorrows we suffered and never were free
Where have they been --

Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever
Can't replace the fear or the thrill of the chase
These rituals showed up the door for our wanderings
Opened and shut, then slammed in our face
Where have they been --

(Gravada em Março de 1980, no estúdio Britannia Row, em Londres)

ISOLATION

In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love
Surrendered to self-preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else
Isolation --

Mother I tried, please believe me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am
Isolation --

But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
These pleasures a wayward distraction
Is this my one lucky prize?
This is my one consolation
This is my one lucky prize]
Isolation --

(Gravada em Março de 1980, no estúdio Britannia Row, em Londres)

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART

When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low
And resentment rides high, but emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways, taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again --

Why is the bedroom so cold? You've turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed - our respect run so dry?
[or in the Peel version:
Is my timing that flawed - have our feelings run dry?]
Yet there's still this appeal that we've kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again --

You cry out in your sleep - all my failings expose
There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes hold
Just that something so good just can't function no more
When love, love will tear us apart again --

(Gravada em Janeiro de 1980, no estúdio Pennine Sound, em Oldham

Walk - in silence
Don't walk away - in silence
See the danger - always danger
Endless talking - life rebuilding
Don't walk away

Walk - in silence
Don't turn away - in silence
Your confusion - my illusion
Worn like a mask of self-hate
Confronts and then dies
Don't walk away

People like you find it easy
Naked to see - walking on air
Hunting by rivers, through the streets, every corner
Abandoned too soon
Set down with due care
Don't walk away - in silence
Don't walk away

(Gravada em Outubro-Novembro de 1979, no estúdio Cargo, em Rochdale)

DEAD SOULS

Someone take these dreams away
That point me to another day
A duel of personalities
That stretch all true reality
That keep calling me - they keep calling me
Keep on calling me - they keep calling me

When figures from the past stand tall
And mocking voices ring the hall
Imperialistic house of prayer
Conquistadors who took their share
That keep calling me - they keep calling me
Keep on calling me - they keep calling me

Another day - another time
The dreams can't stop or rectify
We're born into a living scene
It draws me in - keeps calling me
Keeps calling me - keeps calling me
Keeps calling me - calling me

(Gravada em julho de 1979, no estúdio Central Sound, em Manchester)