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\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.
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\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.