Sister Of Night

I'm really connecting with this song right now.

Night is the loners' time of day, which is why she's "of night". He calls her a sister because he "feels it too". That is, he's also lonely. He understands this woman because he feels exactly the same way himself; THAT's the real point of the song. That, and of course, that he thinks they should cure each other of their loneliness.

The imagery of fire and whatnot is metaphorical - she is "burning in desire's name"; in other words, she yearns to not be lonely anymore. The loneliness is so powerful that it threatens to "kill" her (also only metaphorically).

The stanzas about feeling insecure and the one after that are referring to her search for a man to end her loneliness. The "he" might refer to the singer himself (just as she's a hypothetical woman to him, he's a hypothetical man to her).

So he's basically saying, "Hey, lonely girl who feels exactly like me, I know you're out there. Let's get together".

I always thought it was about heroin.. I also read that it was the last song the singer recorded under drugs effects. The refrane sounds quite clear to me: "oh sister/ Come for me /Embrace me/ Assure me .... /I'm trembling /You heal me. I could also be wrong.

I thinks the sister of night is Death. The writer is waiting to die and escape this world of pain.

I thought it was about the Sun since its the opposite of night but is related. Especially due to all the fire related imagery

From my point of view this song refers to our dark side. He is trying to empathize with his dark side so it becomes and allied and not an enemy so he can control it. He is describing his dark treats trying to distinguish them and define them to understand its nature without judgements and feel the pain from another perspective recognizing that our dark side is a strong adversary urge desires that breaks our will making us fall but its okey because energy can't be created or destroyed it can only be transformed and the only way we can reveal light is from transforming our darkness. So he is seducing his dark side becoming smart using his dark side strategies giving him some hope to see the light. Such poetic imaginery verses.

Even though it was written by Martin Gore, it’s quite clear it’s about drugs (heroin, probably) and death. Most of the album was about death anyway. He admittedly said Barrel of a Gun is about Dave’s addiction issues. Sister of Night was one of the few (two I guess) songs Dave recorded vocals to before his OD//flatline experience. Although Martin never explicitly said what this song is about, it’s just a case of putting two and two together.

A great song, back in the day when i first heard it I was sure it was perhaps about a nun and a priest having a "go" at it. Alot of DM songs have religon as an undertone in them. I'm not so sure if it means it now. It could be about a relationship with a girl who is a stripper or a prostitue. I dunno.

haha this song made me think of vampires....

its definitly about a female vampire who the speaker is not only watching but wants her to turn him or at least just feed off his blood. "Calling you through flesh that burns Breaking down your will To move in for the kill' Calling you through flesh that burns Breaking down your will To move in for the kill When the hunger descends And your body's a fire An inferno that never ends

these lines say it all

Always figured this song is about the rather insecure girl who has sex with alot of guys because she finds confirmation that way, she aims to please but is still somehow ashamed of it.