The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy
The title of this song is taken from Walt Whitman’s 1855 poem “I Sing The Body Electric”.
Contemporary cashflow problems at Merciful Release, Eldritch’s label, meant that the Sisters second single was released on the CNT label out of York.
Musically and lyrically, Body Electric represents a signif...
Through the cables and the underground now
The faceless breathless calls
This is babel, sensurround now
This place is death with walls
Too much contact, no more feeling
The sound around them all
Acid on the floor so she walk on the ceiling
And the body electric flashes on the bathroom wall
And the body electric flashes on the bathroom wall
Crawling to the corners where the idiot children call
See the body flashing on the bathroom wall
Body Electric was written by Andrew Eldritch.
The Sisters of Mercy released Body Electric on Thu Apr 01 1982.