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And her hallway
Moves
Like the ocean
Moves
At the head of the river
At the source of the sea
Sitting here now, in this bar for hours
Trying to write it down
Fitting in hard, with harder to come
Trying to fight it
Down the river there's a ship will carry you
Down river, down stream
Down the river there's a ship will carry the
Dream
Dream of the flood
Down the river there's a ship will carry the
Dream of the flood
And her hallway...
As the water come rushing over
As the water come rushing in
As the water come rushing over
Flood...Flood...
Push the glass, stain the glass
Push the writer to the wall
It may come but it will pass
Some say we will fall
Dream of the flood...
Flood...
And her hallway...
Oh, maybe, in terms of surrender
On a backcloth of lashes and eyes
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes, and ashes, and ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes, and lies...
And her hallway...
Like...
As the water come rushing in
As the water come rushing over
Sitting here now, in this bar for hours
While these strange men rent strange flowers
I'll be picking up your petals in another few hours
In the metal and blood, in the scent and mascara
On a backcloth of lashes and stars
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes, and ashes, and secondhand passion
And stolen guitars
And her hallway...
As the water come rushing in
(Like the sea)
As the water come rushing over
(Dream of the flood)
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes, and lies...
As the water come rushing in, rushing in
At the head of the river
At the source of the sea
And her hallway...
Like...
Flood...
Moves
Like the ocean
Moves
At the head of the river
At the source of the sea
Sitting here now, in this bar for hours
Trying to write it down
Fitting in hard, with harder to come
Trying to fight it
Down the river there's a ship will carry you
Down river, down stream
Down the river there's a ship will carry the
Dream
Dream of the flood
Down the river there's a ship will carry the
Dream of the flood
And her hallway...
As the water come rushing over
As the water come rushing in
As the water come rushing over
Flood...Flood...
Push the glass, stain the glass
Push the writer to the wall
It may come but it will pass
Some say we will fall
Dream of the flood...
Flood...
And her hallway...
Oh, maybe, in terms of surrender
On a backcloth of lashes and eyes
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes, and ashes, and ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes, and lies...
And her hallway...
Like...
As the water come rushing in
As the water come rushing over
Sitting here now, in this bar for hours
While these strange men rent strange flowers
I'll be picking up your petals in another few hours
In the metal and blood, in the scent and mascara
On a backcloth of lashes and stars
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes, and ashes, and secondhand passion
And stolen guitars
And her hallway...
As the water come rushing in
(Like the sea)
As the water come rushing over
(Dream of the flood)
In a flood of your tears, in sackcloth
And ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes
And ashes, and ashes, and lies...
As the water come rushing in, rushing in
At the head of the river
At the source of the sea
And her hallway...
Like...
Flood...
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I'm always particularly captivated by the 'on a backcloth' verses... love the rhyme stuff, and of course we have Eldritch's usual wordplay... 'lashes' originally presented as 'eyelashes' ('lashes and eyes,' 'scent and mascara') but with the reference to 'sackcloth and ashes' as a form of grief or pentinence, it hints slightly at 'lashes' as whipping. And maybe the suggestion that all the regret--lashes, tears, sackcloth and ashes, secondhand passion--could be washed away by the waters of the flood.
I think that this is a song on a couple of levels - the flood is a metaphor for passion, but also a physical flood following a nuclear exchange (on the album, this song runs straight on from Dominion/Mother Russia, which ends with Eldritch imploring "Mother Russia rain down, down. down!").
Cheery, eh?
Oh! I always thought it was about heroin. he's waiting around in this crappy bar until she comes with the drugs so they can shoot up. The flood is the rush washing away self. I think it's about addiction and desire. he loves her and he loves the drug, but there is guilt and self loathing too.
As we all know, lyrics for The Sisters are laden with literary, lyrical, philosophical, theological and other types of references. I like them for that, and have long found myself reading up on topics that sometimes give me the source that Eldritch is referring to. For example, as a young teen listening to Floodland, I had yet to hear Dylan sing of "Stuck inside of Memphis" so when I first heard that song by Dylan it gave me a little more context for Elritch\'s wonderfully atmospheric words. \n\nFor years I thought his "sackcloth and ashes" were a reference to Savonrola (sackcloth) from Florence. \n\nToday reading up about Ninevah an ancient city, I side tracked onto the story of Jonah from the bible and found a direct quote (on wiki - duh! I have some shoddy sources :) ) \n\nThat quote: "The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes"\n[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah\n\nAnd:\n"The](http://nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah\n\nAnd:\n"The) entire city is humbled and broken with the people (and even the animals) in sackcloth and ashes".\n\nI\'ve long adopted the idea from others that Floodland does cover the end of the world, so with that in mind these references seems to fit in with this idea, until I read that, I was lost on this songs meaning and think that in typical Eldritch style it might just be metaphorical. \n\nOn that last comment about "is it metaphorical"? I wondered to myself, \'Is this another song about his early relationships?\' A love life like Armageddon because of the pain it inflicted. \n\nWhat an incredible artist Andrew Eldritch is. Did I hear it in conversation, or did I see it? I cannot remember, but in my memory I always remember the idea that Alan Whicker (British TV (icon?)) said Eldritch was the most intelligent man he had ever met, and Whicker met with some astonishingly influential people throughout his career.