Teatro de sombras, de Joy Division

Teatro de sombras o, Shadowplay, es la séptima canción del primer álbum de estudio de la banda británica Joy Division, que vió la luz en 1979 bajo el nombre de Unknown Pleasures. La banda punk rock estuvo originalmente formada por Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook y Stephen Morris.

Las letras de Joy Division estaban impregnadas de tintes siniestros, oscuros. Los críticos lo asocian a los ataques de epilepsia que padecía su cantante, Ian Curtis. Shadowplay no es una excepción. Os dejamos con su primera actuación en televisión, en 1978.

Lyrics Shadowplay:

To the center 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.

In the shadow play, acting out your own death, knowing no more
As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor
And with cold steel, odor on their bodies mad a move to connect
But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left.

I did everything, everything I wanted to
I let them use you, for their own ends
To the center of the city in the night, waiting for you
To the center of the city in the night, waiting for you.