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Candidate is the third song of the album Unknown Pleasures, from Joy Division. It is apparently based on a politician who is trying to consult a evil ruler.

Reimagined[]

The video for Candidate was the fifth in the Unknown Pleasures Reimagined series, released on 9 August 2019 and directed by Amos Poe. A woman dances in circles and punches the air, with various shots overlaying each other. Certain words, corresponding to the lyrics, flash onscreen in gold, blue and red in that order each time.

During the intro, the word "CANDIDATE" flashes onscreen, each member's name is initialized in a letter, like an acrostic. Ian Curtis, StepheN Morris, BernArd Sumner and PEter Hook.

Lyrics[]

Forced by the pressure,
The territories marked,
No longer the pleasure,
Oh, I've since lost the heart.
 
Corrupted from memory,
No longer the power,
It's creeping up slowly,
That last fatal hour.
 
Oh, I don't know what made me,
What gave me the right,
To mess with your values,
And change wrong to right.
 
Please keep your distance,
The trail leads to here,
There's blood on your fingers,
Brought on by fear.
 
I campaigned for nothing,
I worked hard for this,
I tried to get to you,
You treat me like this.
 
It's just second nature,
It's what we've been shown,
We're living by your rules,
That's all that we know.
 
I tried to get to you,
I tried to get to you,
I tried to get to you,
I tried to get to you.

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