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Leigh Smith - Desolation - Dedicated to Ian Curtis

from Life, A Legacy 2018 by The Joy Division Syndicate

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"I think I wrote it like it was from IAN'S ghost point of view about what had happened since his death... Yes I defo wrote it from IAN'S spirit's point of view looking down upon us."
Leigh Smith

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DESOLATION:

Who controls my narrative?
Who withheld my final word?
Who made money off my back?
Who chose those words carved in stone?
Creator became destroyer.
Creative/ Destructive.
I saw desolation.
I became desolation.
Desolation/ Relevation.
Desolation/ Relevation.

I had to go to remain.
Years pass but my art grows in stature.
Body became ash and smoke.
Body of work endures.
Your bodies grow old.
I saw the darkness.
I became dark to reach the light.
They all know to invoke my name now.
Desolation/ Relevation.
Desolation/ Relevation.

Everyone’s writing books.
Tomb tomes.
But my words were written first.
Why did they turn so light?
Better to be heavy and deep.
Why does my voice still be heard?
Lines of pretenders.
Dressed in black and grey.
Desolation/ Relevation.
Desolation/ Relevation.

Can’t unseat me from my throne of bones.
My free soul is mine alone.
It can’t be packaged or sold.
Soulless scavengers scramble in my footsteps.
Tune in to the horror news every day.
My words and songs predicted the desolation.
Degrading dehumanisations.
This is pure and true desolation.
Desolation/ Relevation.
Desolation/ Relevation.

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from Life, A Legacy 2018, released July 15, 2018

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