Shadowplay

"Shadowplay" is a song by the band Joy Division. It appeared on the 1979 album Unknown Pleasures. Early recordings of the lyrics on the Warsaw album show the first line of the song as saying "To the centre of the city where all roads meet looking for you". In later recordings the word looking is replaced with waiting.

[Verse 1] To the centre of the city where all roads meet Waiting for you To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank Searching for you I was moving through the silence without motion Waiting for you In a room with a window in the corner I found truth [Verse 2] In the shadowplay, acting out your own death Knowing no more As the assassins all grouped in four lines Dancing on the floor And with cold steel, odour on their bodies Made a move to connect But I could only stare in disbelief As the crowds all left [Outro] I did everything, everything I wanted to I let them use you for their own ends To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you