War On Drugs
This song is so far unreleased. The lyrics can also be found on The Sisters very own Lyrics page.
War On Drugs was written in 1997 and performed live for the first time on 3 June 1997
by The Sisters' Near Meth Experience at Joseph's Well, Leeds, UK.
It remained a regular part of the setlist until 2003. Some further information about the number and distribution
of performances are available in the The Sisters of Mercy Database v0.5 Beta.
The last know performance of War On Drugs took place on 20 March 2006, at House of Blues, L.A., USA.
Various live versions of the song can be found on several bootlegs like Victorian Night, Euthanasia and
Exile On Euphoria for example.
Lyrics
looking out the morning I can see the trees, turn orange in the rays
don't need the smell of incense, in the morning haze
head on down the delta, in the shadow of the sun
seven shades of shiva rising, I am come
wah-hoo
let's do the war on drugs
wah-hoo
let's do the war on drugs
seven shades of shiva rising
let's do the war on drugs
looking out the morning I can see the trees, turn orange in the rays
don't need the smell of incense, in the morning haze
head on back to Kirkstall, in the shadow of the sun
seven shades of shiva rising, I am come
wah-hoo
let's do the war on drugs
wah-hoo
let's do the war on drugs
eleven [... /ten /nine /eight /seven] shades of shiva rising
let's do the war on drugs
Words & music: Andrew Eldritch
Lyrics and music are property and copyright of their respective rights holders and provided only for study purposes.
Analysis
Some basic analysis has been done at the Heartland Forums in this thread...
