the posthumous album

I was up really early for work today. It was a beautiful morning.

I thought of the song New Dawn Fades by Joy Division. It’s actually from their ‘debut’ album, Unknown Pleasures.

The new dawn was breaking over the trees and I took a stroll in the Swan Creek Metropark, going along the 0.6 mile flood plains loop. The woods are pretty and silent. The actual creek is kind of muddy and putrid… there are warning signs posted around telling me not to let my body come into contact with the water.

I drank coffee and walked the boardwalks. I mused about nothing in particular. New Dawn Fades is a desperately sad song. But, then again, so are all of Joy Division’s songs.

A change of speed, a change of style.
A change of scene, with no regrets,
A chance to watch, admire the distance,
Still occupied, though you forget.
Different colours, different shades,
Over each mistakes were made.

Now I am preparing to attend Audrey Mattingly’s wedding in Anderson, IN. She won’t be a Mattingly for much longer! I think I shall take a little, small nap on the ride down.