I Remember Nothing Lyrics
We were strangers
We were strangers
For way too long
For way too long
We were strangers (Violent)
For way too long (Violent)
We're strangers
[Verse 1]
Get weak all the time
May just pass the time
Me in my own world
Yeah, you there beside
The gaps are enormous
We stare from each side
We were strangers
For way too long
[Verse 2]
Violent, more violent, his hand cracks the chair
Moves on reaction, then slumps in despair
Trapped in a cage and surrendered too soon
Me in my own world
The one that you knew (For way too long)
About
It’s amusing how the second half of Unknown Pleasures (“Shadowplay”, “Wilderness” and “Interzone” specifically) in no way prepares the listener for “I Remember Nothing”. “Shadowplay” is almost an honest-to-god arena rock tune. “I Remember Nothing,” on the other hand, is a kind of cousin to The Stooges' “We Will Fall,” and the one of the bleakest tunes in the Joy Division discography.
Q&A
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We had been playing this one for a while very loosely; it had no real order. So we jammed it in the studio and Martin [Hannett, producer] added the shattering glass and other effects. This was also Barney’s [Bernard Sumner] first foray into using the Transcendent 2000. […] This is a great, atmospheric track and came together very quickly.
– Peter Hook via his memoir, Unknown Pleasures (2012)
- 1.Disorder
- 3.Candidate
- 4.Insight
- 7.Shadowplay
- 8.Wilderness
- 9.Interzone
- 10.I Remember Nothing