JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Failures” adalah salah satu lagu milik grup band post-punk asal Inggris, Joy Division.
Lagu tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada tahun 1978 melalui label Enigma Records.
“Failures” kemudian dimuat dalam album kompilasi Joy Division yang bertajuk Substance.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Love Will Tear Us Apart dari Joy Division
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Failures” dari Joy Division:
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[Intro]
A5* A5* N.C.
A5
A* A5 A* A5
[Verse 1]
A5 A5 A*
Don't speak of false messiahs
A5 A5 A*
Failure of the modern man
A5 A5 G*
To the center of all life's desires
G5* G5 A*
As a whole not an also ran
[Verse 2]
A5 A5 A*
Love in a hollow field
A5 A5 A*
Break the image of your father's son
A5 A5 G*
Drawn to an inner feel
G5 G5 A*
He was thought of as the only one
[Instrumental]
A5
A C A C A C A
[Chorus]
A5 A5 A*
He no longer denies
A5 A5 A*
All the failures of the Modern Man
A5 A5 G*
He no longer pick sides
G5 G5 A*
Sees the failures of the Modern Man
[Verse 3]
A5 A5 A*
Wise words and sympathy
A5 A5 A*
Tell the story of our history
A5 A5 G*
New strength gives a real touch
G5 G5 A*
Sense and reason make it all too much
[Verse 4]
A5 A5 A*
With a strange fatality
A5 A5 A*
Break the spirits of a lesser man
A5 A5 G*
Some other race can see
G5 G5 A*
In his way he was the only one
[Instrumental]
A5
A C A C A C A
[Chorus]
A5 A5 A*
He no longer denies
A5 A5 A*
All the failures of the Modern Man
A5 A5 G*
No, no, he can't pick sides
G5 G5 A*
Sees the failures of the Modern Man
[Verse 5]
A5 A5 A*
Now that it's right to decide
A5 A5 A*
In his time he was a total man
A5 A5 G*
Taken from Caesar's side
G5 G5 A*
Kept in silence just to prove who's wrong
[Chorus]
A5 A5 A*
No, no he can’t despise
A5 A5 A*
All the failures of the Modern Man
A5 A5 G*
No, no longer denies
G5 G5 A*
All the failures of the Modern Man
[Instrumental]
A5
A C A C A C A
A C A C A C A
[Outro]
G5 A5 A**
G5 A5 A**
G5 A5 A**
G5 A5 A**
G5 A5 A**
G5 A5 A**