Lyrics As It Is When It Was - New Order

As It Is When It Was

I’ve kept my head against the wall
I’ve been this way for so long now
You weren’t exactly falling over yourself
When last I saw you
Well I always thought
We’d get along like a house on fire
Until you told me that I’d have to go How can someone like you work that slow
Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see
Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see
I don’t feel anything no more
The staid up graces consuming me
I’m not grown up and I am not a boy
I feel no pain and I feel no joy
Well I always thought
We’d get along like a house on fire
In those days when the sun was warm
I ran in the street where I was born
Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see
Whatever you think of me You listen hard and I will make you see
The streets are so empty at this time of night
I’d rather walk on my own than fly
In a world where I’d forgotten you
I found myself forgotten, too
That’s the danger of your evil books
And all the lies of those thieves and crooks
We sing it’s our natural selves
I’ve not found it stolen but I had to prepare for you