João Vilhena recorda Ian Curtis e os Joy Division

3. Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart

«LOVE WILL TEAR US APART

 Fica aqui perto. Da esquerda para a direita, a imagem, sem legenda, lê-se. Perto, lê-se demorada, e intima; é a figura de um amante. Banham os dedos das mãos quatrocentas mil silabas, e em tudo tocam, agora que o corpo se deixou de encontrar, se deixou procurar. Procura. As noites nunca são tão escuras quando os homens conseguem esquecer tudo o que aprenderam, faltar a tudo o que prometeram, trair tudo quanto acreditaram, só pelo primeiro cetim de um beijo, nesse sabor doido de boca. Depois, os amantes partem sempre, deixando, sem vida, tudo aquilo que amaram. Partem sempre. E o que fica, fica perto, dói, não se separa ou atenua - adoece simplesmente, ensinando a quem sente, o prazer terrível da mágoa, a ininterrupta saudade do que nem sequer foi alegria - uma espécie, enfim, de amor. Numa espécie de corpo que ficou sozinho.» 

*Miguel Esteves Cardoso «Escritica Pop», excerto da crónica «Joy Division: Alguns Lugares»

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the British post-punk band Joy Division. It was written in August 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar (albeit somewhat minimally). The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in Ian Curtis's marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980.[citation needed] The title is an ironic reference to "Love Will Keep Us Together". 

Deborah Curtis had the phrase "Love Will Tear Us Apart" inscribed on Ian Curtis's memorial stone.

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.
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 runs so dry.
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives.

But love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

You cry out in your sleep,
All my failings exposed.
And there's a taste in my mouth,
As desperation takes hold.
Just that something so good
Just can't function no more.

But love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.
Love, love will tear us apart again.

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