Song Of The Day

This song has the perfect rock n' roll lyrics, a bunch of quotable lines that on the surface mean little but imply much: a distillation of politics, sex, violence, the open road, nihilism, war, excess, restless youth, riots, a state of emergency, cynicism, anger mixed with ennui. The Sisters of Mercy started out as lo-fi miserablists, but ended as a hard rock outfit perfectly in tune with the times, particularly these times. George H.W. Bush never sounded so goddamn inspiring. Some lyrical references discovered with the help of a song interpretation website.

The Sisters Of Mercy - Vision Thing

Twenty-five whores in the room next door
Twenty-five floors and I need more!
I'm looking for the 'can' in the candy store
Two thousand Hamburg four
And colours I ain't seen before

Well, well

It's a small world and it smells funny
I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money
Take back what I paid
For another motherfucker in a motorcade

In a long black car
With the prettiest shit
From Panama
When the sirens wail
And the lights flash blue
My vision thing come
Slamming through!

It's a small world and it smells bad
I'd buy another if I had
Back
What I paid
For another motherfucker in a motorcade

Slamming through!
Slamming through!

What do we need to make our world come alive?
What does it take to make us sing?
While we're waiting for the next one to arrive?
One million points of light
One billion dollar
Vision Thing!

Another black hole in the killing zone
A little more 'mad' in the methedrome
One blinding flash of sense
Just like the president's
Well, I don't mind
Out of my mind
Blizzard king
Bring it on home!

It's a small world and it smells bad
I'd buy another if I had
Back
What I paid
For another motherfucker in a motorcade

And a vision thing
And a vision thing
And a . . .
Sha la la la

What do we need to make our world come alive?
What does it take to make us sing?
While we're waiting for the next one to arrive?
One million points of light
One billion dollar
Vision Thing!

Sha la la la