"I hear you calling Marian

Across the water, across the wave

I hear you calling Marian

Can you hear me calling you to

Save me, save me, save me from the

Grave

Marian

Marian, there's a weight above me

And the pressure is all too strong

To breathe deep

Breathe long and hard

To take the water down and go to sleep

To sink still further

Beneath the fatal wave

Marian I think I'm drowning

This sea is killing me..."

The Sisters of Mercy: youtu.be/d8m1nRzsOJM

or this superb version by The Mission: youtu.be/6pgjCWtMS4E

"And her hallways moves

Like the ocean moves

And her hallway moves

Like the sea

She says no, no, no,

No harm will come your way

She says,bring it on down

Bring on the wave..."

The Sisters of Mercy: youtu.be/PmmQq9S3fvk

A serious case of springtime lethargy in the Darmstadt pedestrian precinct. The sign in the window suggested an association to this great song by The Sisters of Mercy.

Please view in full size for the full sleepy feeling.

Andrew Eldritch from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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And all I know for sure, all I know for real

Is knowing doesn't mean so much

When placed against the feeling, the heat inside

When bodies meet, when fingers touch

All my words are secondhand and useless in the face of this

Rationale and rhyme and reason, pale beside a single kiss

Some Kind of Stranger ~The Sisters of Mercy~

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"Lay me down the long white line,

Leave the sirens far behind me,

Paint my name in black and gold,

My heart, my flame, my heart, my road

My heartland fade across the line,

Heartland sing the faces shining,

In the failing failing failing,

Heartland make the places mine..." - andrew eldritch

A very quick (and very poor) one today, and a little insight into one of my hobbies. I love to collect books about my home county, Yorkshire - especially old ones. Not an interesting fact, but a fact none the less!

lighting: 580EXII (1/32 power) to camera left.

...I might come back to this later, if I have time.

Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Andrew Eldritch and Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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I'm lying on my back now

The stars look all too near

Flowers on the razor wire

I know you're here

We are few

And far between

I was thinking about her skin

Love is a many splintered thing

Ribbons ~The Sisters of Mercy~

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Levengrove Park, Dumbarton.

The Castle again.

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

Till the river don't run

A black dress

Looking like mine

cold

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Ben Christo from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Ben Christo from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Doktor Avalanche [=;-)] from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Doktor Avalanche [=;-)] from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Andrew Eldritch from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Andrew Eldritch and Ben Christo from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Lucretia, my reflection

Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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The Ali of the Dolls website is finally up and running. Have a look if you're interested.

Dusseldorf Philipshalle 7/5/1985

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Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Wake concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 18/6/1985

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Andrew Eldritch and Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Some abysmal photos of The Sisters of Mercy at Glasgow ABC, 12th October 2015. Photos and recording were actually banned so if anyone from The Sisters' management team want these works of art taken down just ask.

Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Andrew Eldritch from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Ben Christo from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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tribute by BODY ELECTRIC

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#postpunk #slowdive #goswell

Selfie!

National Treasure Tour

Ancienne Belgique Brussel, 24/9/'19

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Wake concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 18/6/1985

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In a sea of faces, in a sea of doubt

In this cruel place your voice above the maelstrom

In the wake of this ship of fools I'm falling further down

If you can see me, Marian, reach out and take me home.....

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The Sisters of Mercy (UK) ©Jean-Marc Ayer

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"Some people get by

With a little understanding

Some people get by

With a whole lot more

I don´t know

Why you gotta be so undermanding

One thing I know

I want more

Iwant more

(And I need all the love that I can´t get to)

(And I need all the love that I can get)

(And I need all the love that I can´t get to)

D´you get scared to feel so much?

To let somebody touch you?

So hot, so cold, so far out of control

Hard to come by, and harder to hold

Some people get by

With a little understanding

Some people get by

With a whole lot more

I don´t know

Why you gotta be so undermanding

One thing I know

I want more

Iwant more

(And I need all the love that I can´t get to)

(And I need all the love that I can get)

(And I need all the love that I can´t get to)

There are parts of me that don´t get nervous

Not the parts that shake

You wnat get what you deserve

You are what you take

Learning to cry for fun and profit

I´m not done yet

Counterfeit dollars or the English zloty

Anything I can get

(And I need all the love that I can´t get to)

(And I need all the love that I can get)

(And I need all the love that I can´t get to)

All the love that you can get

All the love

That I can get to"

The Sisters Of Mercy

Vision Thing, 1990

London Lyceum, 25/3/1985

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Selfie!

National Treasure Tour

Ancienne Belgique Brussel, 24/9/'19

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Andrew Eldritch and Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Chris Catalyst from The Sisters of Mercy performing in the smoke at the sold-out Columbiahalle in Berlin

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Some abysmal photos of The Sisters of Mercy at Glasgow ABC, 12th October 2015. Photos and recording were actually banned so if anyone from The Sisters' management team want these works of art taken down just ask.