Lagu tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada tahun 1978 melalui label Enigma Records.
“Failures” kemudian dimuat dalam album kompilasi Joy Division yang bertajuk Substance.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Failures” dari Joy Division:
* (strum x1)
** (strum x2)
[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**
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