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Black Planet

The Sisters of Mercy
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The Sisters of Mercy


Album: First and Last and Always (1985)

 The Sisters of Mercy


“Black planet” I suppose, is about Cold War , fear of WW3 , industrialization and its deadly affects on environment and how those thing made our planet a chaotic and dark place since 80s.

Genius
In the western sky
My kingdom come

So still, so dark all over Europe
And I ride down the Highway 101
By the side of the ocean headed for sunset
For the kingdom come, for the

Black, black planet
(Black) Black world
Black, black planet
(Black) Black world

Run around in the radiation
Run around in the acid rain on a

Black, black planet
Black planet hanging over the highway
Out of my mind's eye, out of the memory
Black world out of my mind

So still, so dark all over Europe
And the rainbow rises here
In the western sky, the kill to show for
At the end of the great white pier, I see a

Black, black planet
(Black) Black world
Black, black planet
(Black) Black world

Run around in the radiation
Tune in, turn on, burn out in the acid rain on a

Black, black planet
(Black) Black world
Black, black planet
(Black) Black world (Black)

Black, black planet
(Black, black world) Black world (Black)
Black, black planet
(Black, black world) Black world (Black)
Black, black planet
(Black, black world) Black world (Black)
Black, black planet
(Black, black world) Black world (Black)
Black, black planet
(Black, black world) Black world

2024/6/29 - 00:54




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