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Dominion/Mother Russia" was inspired by the well-known poem Ozymandias from which one line is lifted (Eldritch: “The song is about erecting monuments in outrageous places to one’s own personal power and then crumbling away.”), while the second part of the song is about the nuclear accident in Cherno...
[Part 1: "Dominion"]
[Verse 1]
In the heat of the night
In the heat of the day
When I close my eyes
When I look your way
When I meet the fear that lies inside
When I hear you say
In the heat of the moment
Say, say, say
[Chorus]
Some day, some day, some day
Dominion
Come a time
Some day, some day, some day
Dominion
Some say prayers, some say prayers
I say mine
[Verse 2]
In the light of the fact
On the lone and level
Sands stretch far away
In the heat of the action
In the settled dust
Hold, hold and sway
In the meeting of mined
Down in the streets of shame
In the betting of names on gold to rust
In the land of the blind
Be...King, king, king, king
[Chorus]
Some day, some day, some day
Dominion
Come a time
Some day, some day, some day
Dominion
Some say prayers, some say prayers
I say mine
[Instrumental break]
[Bridge]
In the land of the blind
Be...King, king, king, king
[Chorus]
Some day, some day, some day
Dominion
Some say prayers, some say prayers
I say mine
[Verse 1]
In the heat of the night
In the heat of the day
When I close my eyes
When I look your way
When I meet the fear that lies inside
When I hear you say
In the heat of the moment
Say, say, say
[Chorus]
Some day, some day, some day
Dominion
Some say prayers, some say prayers
I say mine
I say mine
I say mine
[Part 2: "Mother Russia"]
[Verse]
We serve an old man in a dry season
A lighthouse keeper in the desert sun
Dreamers of sleepers and white treason
We dream of rain and the history of the gun
There's a lighthouse in the middle of Prussia
A white house in a red square
I'm living in films for the sake of Russia
A Kino Runner for the DDR
And the fifty-two daughters of the revolution
Turn the gold to chrome
Gift...nothing to lose
Stuck inside of Memphis with the mobile home, sing:
[Chorus]
Mother Russia
Mother Russia
Mother Russia rain down down down
Mother Russia
Mother Russia
Mother Russia rain down
Dominion / Mother Russia was written by Andrew Eldritch.
Dominion / Mother Russia was produced by Andrew Eldritch & Larry Alexander & Jim Steinman.
The Sisters of Mercy released Dominion / Mother Russia on Thu Jul 16 1987.