Lyric discussion by laurelinwyntre 

Cover art for Body Electric lyrics by Sisters of Mercy, The

The title is taken from Walt Whitman's poem I Sing The Body Electric: http://www.bartleby.com/142/19.html

Contemporary cashflow problems at Merciful Release meant that the Sisters second single was released on the CNT label out of York. CNT (Confederacion National de Trabajo) was the name of an anarchist worker's collective which was active in the Spansih Civil War. The cover features Francis Bacon's excellent Head VI, one of a series of Bacon pictures based on Velasquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X.