What do you think Day of the Lords means?

Joy Division - Day of the Lords Meaning

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Day of the Lords Lyrics

This is the room, the start of it all
No portraits so fine, only sheets on the wall
I've seen the nights filled with bloodsport and pain
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained

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  1. anonymous
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     Feb 6th 2020 !⃝

    Sounds as though he was exposed to SRA as a child. He talks of the houses of once great lords; their portraits covered with sheets. Then he talks about “blood sports” at night, which is one of the ways the decadent, and idle rich of certain families (13 bloodlines) spend their time. Great awakening worldwide.

  2. anonymous
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     Dec 24th 2019 !⃝

    Sex


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