I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Watch them do
The falling over
Watch them do
The standing still
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
(Women)
And the women come and go
(Talk)
Talking about me like they know
(Men)
Bought and sold
And the world keeps turning
People cold
And people burning
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
(Amphetamine logic)
Hit up
Steel in hand
Lit up
Like candles
Burning
Like Catherine wheels
Turning
On
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
(Amphetamine logic)
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
The falling over
Watch them do
The standing still
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
(Women)
And the women come and go
(Talk)
Talking about me like they know
(Men)
Bought and sold
And the world keeps turning
People cold
And people burning
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
(Amphetamine logic)
Hit up
Steel in hand
Lit up
Like candles
Burning
Like Catherine wheels
Turning
On
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
(Amphetamine logic)
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more s.....
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I agree with most of your interpretation, PreiSamhain, but there is no hidden meaning behind the absence of the word "Amphetamine" on the back of the CD. This is copied and pasted from the official Sisters of Mercy website:
Q: "Why is 'Amphetamine Logic' listed on the outside of the album artwork simply as 'Logic'?"
A: "The record company (WEA) were adamant that Woolworth's, WH Smith and other respectable wholesale retailers would not display albums with song titles featuring the word 'amphetamine'. So they refused to print the full title on the outside album sleeve. This was 1985, remember, when places like WH Smith wouldn't even stock satirical magazines like 'Private Eye'. The argument wasn't worth a six-month contractual meltdown."