APPENDIX 6
Two Songs About Ian Curtis

MISSING BOY

Vini Reilly (Durutti Column) never plays a gig without performing ‘Missing Boy’ – Ian’s tune. He’s performed it at every single gig since Ian died.

There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend

Try to capture
As the light began to fail
Shapes to compose
Shadows of frailty
The dream is better
Dissolves into softness
But the end is always the same

I don’t believe in stardom
Machinery in action
Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
Same old order
There was a boy
I almost knew him
Leaving some signs
Now a legend

Words & Music by Vincent Reilly
© Copyright 1981 Movement Of the 24th January Publishing. Zomba Music
Publishers Limited.
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by kind permission.

I. C. WATER

Genesis P-Orridge wrote and dedicated this song to Ian Curtis. It was released by Psychic TV.

And I see much more clearly everyday
And I sense I can see you play
And there’s always some truth
And there’s always something I should say
There’s always someone there to give me water everyday

Water
Water I hear you say
And I know
And I feel
What you say is far too real
And everything
And everywhere And everything you say you care for
Water
I need some water

You tell me things and they’re things I should have known
Where your tears are now they’re not quite your own
And at night you lie in dreams you haven’t flown
And we spin in circles that look so blown
And the tears stream down from the sky
Each tastes bitter
The salt of asking “Why?”
And your words come down and fall over me
Each one is a friend
And each one is the rain
And each is the sea
And worlds are so close they’re inside my heart
Falling, falling, falling
Ripping me apart
Like water
Water everyday
Water
Water I hear you say
Water What a strange sound
Water, what a strange sound
Water, what a strange, strange sound.

APPENDIX 6Two Songs About Ian Curtis

APPENDIX 6
Two Songs About Ian Curtis