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The song was written by Andrew Eldritch for Patricia Morrison, who, he said:
always strikes me as a Lucrezia [Borgia]-type person.
Its lyrics concern the fall of an empire, war and the consequent destruction of other aspects of life.
The song as a whole is also a metaphor for the reformation of t...
I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down...
I hear empire down...
I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Love lost, fire at will
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear
Dive, bombers, and
Empire down...
Empire down...
I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down, get undressed
Get pretty but you and me
We got the kingdom, we got the key
We got the empire, now as then
We don't doubt, we don't take direction
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me...
We look hard
We look through
We look hard
To see for real
Such things I hear, they don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel
I don't feel
I don't feel
A long train held up by page on page
A hard reign held up by rage
Once a railroad
Now it's done...
I hear the roar of the big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down...
We got the empire, now as then
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me...
Lucretia My Reflection was written by Andrew Eldritch.
Lucretia My Reflection was produced by Andrew Eldritch & Larry Alexander.
The Sisters of Mercy released Lucretia My Reflection on Fri Nov 13 1987.