Ian Curtis famous quotes

04-17-2025

Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand.
-- Ian Curtis

#Past #Hands #Doe
You cry out in your sleep - all my failings expose. There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes holdJust that something so good just can't function no more. When love, love will tear us apart again.
-- Ian Curtis

#Sleep #Confusion #Tears
All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective.
-- Ian Curtis

#Different #Individual #Interpretation
Well, subconsciously I suppose some things must stick but I'm not influenced consciously by them.
-- Ian Curtis

#Sticks #Wells
Pictures all around, of how good a life should be, a model for the rest, that bred insecurity, I walked a jagged line and then came back for more, it's always in my mind, an institution with no law.
-- Ian Curtis

#Law #Insecurity #Mind
Nothing seems real anymore. Even the flames from the fire seem to beckon to me, drawing me into some great past life buried somewhere deep in my subconscious, if only I could find the key..if only..if only. Ever since my illness, my condition, I've been trying to find some logical way of passing my time, of justifying a means to an end.
-- Ian Curtis

#Real #Mean #Past
Reality is only a dream, based on values and well worn principles, whereas the dream goes on forever.
-- Ian Curtis

#Dream #Reality #Forever
I struggle between what I know is right in my own mind, and some warped truthfulness as seen through other people's eyes who have no heart, and can't see the difference anyway.
-- Ian Curtis

#Struggle #Heart #Eye
I used to work in a factory and I was really happy because I could daydream all day.
-- Ian Curtis

#Daydreaming #Factories #Used
When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low. When resentment rides high, but emotion won't grow...and we're changing our ways, taking different roads. Love will tear us apart.
-- Ian Curtis

#Ambition #Tears #Different
Love, love will tear us apart, again.
-- Ian Curtis

#Tears

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