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The Only Mistake Lyrics

Artist: Joy Division
Album: Permanent

Made the fatal mistake,
Like I did once before,
A tendency just to take,
Til the purpose turned sour,

Strain, take the strain, these days we love,
Strain, take the strain, these days we love.

Yeah, the only mistake was that you ran away,
Avenues lined with trees, strangled words for the day,
Yeah, the only mistake, like I made once before,
Yeah, the only mistake, could have made it before.

Strain, take the strain, these days we love,
Strain, take the strain, these days we love.

And the only mistake, led to rumours unfound,
Led to pressures unknown, different feelings and sounds,
Yeah, the only mistake, like I made once before,
Yeah, the only mistake, could have made it before.

Comments/Interpretations

by graham bebbington on 11/16/2010 4:30pm
this man was a lyrical genius.

by Francesco on 11/20/2010 6:07am
I suppose the correct lyrics are:

"Made one fatal mistake,
could have made it before,
tendency just to take,
'til the purpose turned sour.

Change, feel the change,
these days we love,
Change, feel the change,
the change we love.

Yeah, the only mistake
was that you ran away,
Avenues lined with trees,
strangled words for today.

Yeah, the only mistake,
could have made it before,
Yeah, the only mistake,
could have made it before.

Change, feel the change,
the change we love.
Change, feel the change,
the change we love.

Yeah the only mistake
led to rumours unfound,
led to pressures unknown,
different feelings and sounds.

Yeah, the only mistake,
could have made it before,
Yeah, the only mistake,
could have made it before."

Please take this version of the lyrics under consideration.

Thanks

Francesco

by Nic on 2/19/2012 8:16am
Both lyrics are correct, there are two versions of this song