I don't know exactly what the words mean, but the image it creates for me is of walking through a north-west England town in Winter at around 6 or 7pm. I can't believe it's changed much around here since Curtis wrote Shadowplay, having seen photos of Joy Division around Macclesfield and Manchester. When you're walking alone down the empty streets of concrete and steel, the sky and the surroundings grey and dirty, this song will come into your head.
I don't know exactly what the words mean, but the image it creates for me is of walking through a north-west England town in Winter at around 6 or 7pm. I can't believe it's changed much around here since Curtis wrote Shadowplay, having seen photos of Joy Division around Macclesfield and Manchester. When you're walking alone down the empty streets of concrete and steel, the sky and the surroundings grey and dirty, this song will come into your head.