What does Digital mean?

Joy Division: Digital Meaning

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Digital Lyrics

Feel it closing in, feel it closing in
The fear of whom I call, everytime i call
I feel it closing in, I feel it closing in
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
Day in, day out

I feel it closing in as...

  1. anonymous
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    May 26th 2011 !⃝

    This is one of Joy Division's most poignant songs. A lot of people say it's about Ian Curtis's epilepsy, but it was written a long time before he was diagnosed and I don't think it can be related.

    It's more about a commentary of depression and bi-polar disorder - the song is called "Digital" to reflect the off/on nature of bi-polar state which is reflected in the lyrics(eg "day in, day out") - some lines speak for themselves too (eg "as patterns seem to form / I feel it cold and warm".


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