Ceremony
“Ceremony” is a song originally written by Joy Division and is the fifth track from the EP Listen
Story
This is the first song I remember learning how to play from beginning to end. I was in a band with a guy named Jason who really wanted to cover it so he brought me into a back room, sat me down on a bed with a tape player and said “You’re not coming out until you learn this”. Up until that point I had never attempted to learn a song so I owe him a bit of thanks for that (and many other things). You can find the lyrics for this song online but from what I have seen none of them are correct, or at least none of them sound like what I hear Bernard singing on the first single. I also tried to add a little Ian Curtis to how I sing a few of the lines, not so much his voice, but the notes he chose. I really cannot express the importance of this song on the music that I make. I will play it any chance I get.
Lyrics
This is why events unnerve me
Define it all a different story
Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time
All she asked was strength to hold me
Then again the same old story
Love will travel oh so quickly
Travels first and leans towards this time
I'll break them all no mercy shown
Heaven knows it's got to be this time
What she heard the things she said
The time she cried
But failed to wait this time
Well I'll break them down no mercy shown
Heaven knows it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching forever
Watching love grow
Forever
Letting me know
Forever
Forever