January 18, 2013
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Still night, nothing for miles,
White curtain come down,
Kill the lights in the middle of the road
And take, take a look around…..
It don’t help to be one of the chosen
One of the few, to be sure
When the wheels are spinning around
And the ground is frozen through, and you’re
Driven, like the snow
Pure in heart
Driven together
And given
Away to the west
A white dress
‘til the river don’t run
A black dress
Looking like mine
‘til the sun don’t shine no more
Where the sky meet the ground
Where the street fold round
Where the voice you hold don’t
make no sound, look
Snow on the river and two by two
Took a lot to live a lot like you, I don’t
Go there now, but I hear they sung
Their Fuck Me And Marry Me Young?
Some wild idea and a big white bed, now
You know better than that, I said,
Like a voice in the wind blow little crystals down
Like brittle things will break before they turn
Like lipstick on my cigarette
And the ice get harder overhead
Like think it twice but never never learn…

And the mist will wrap around us
And the crystal, if you touch it…

And the cars
Lost in the drift
Are there
And the people that drive
Lost in the drift
Are there
And the cares I’ve
Lost in the drift
Are there
Theirs, ours,
Lost in the drift
Are..
Driven
Driven together
And driven
Apart

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Driven Like the Snow - The Sisters of Mercy

Seemed appropriate for today.

January 18, 2013

Using YouTube to fondly reminisce about gigs I went to many years ago.

This is the Sisters of Mercy at the Reading Festival in ‘91 - my second ever Sisters of Mercy gig (it’s in double figures nowadays).

IIRC Iggy Pop had headlined the Friday night, and the Sisters headlined the Sunday night.

  • He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
  • 1969

October 18, 2012

I know it’s a portastudio demo, but I’ve absolutely loved this version of Lights by the Sisters of Mercy since I first heard it back in 1987.

August 17, 2012

musical interlude time

I don’t sleep so I don’t dream
So I don’t wake up frightened
Everything is what it seems if
You look deep enough tonight and…

February 19, 2011
She got red eyes, She wear dust

Back in Brighton after a few days in Leeds at the Sisters of Mercy’s two 30th anniversary gigs (Wednesday & Thursday nights). Opening song on 2nd night - Kiss the Carpet - absolute classic.

Anyhow, back to making artwork now after a week of drinking and partying. There might be a call for volunteers in the Sussex area soon (to model for artwork, not for drinking & partying!).

September 27, 2010

The Sisters of Mercy: Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)

(Source: youtube.com)