Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia My Reflection – Bass cover with tabs and lyrics

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This is 'Lucretia My Reflection' by The Sisters of Mercy from their 1983 album 'Floodland', also released a single.

The song was written by Andrew Eldritch as a 'welcome' to the Sisters of Mercy bassist, Patricia Morrison, who, he said, 'always strikes me as a Lucrezia [Borgia]-type person'. Its lyrics concern the fall of an empire, war and the consequent destruction of other aspects of life.

As for the bass, it's just one single riff played throughout the entire song, but a very cool one, so I'm doing it. Have been thinking about adding some Sister of Mercy to the collection for a long time.

Lyrics:

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down
I hear empire down

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down
Get undressed
Get pretty but you and me
We got the kingdom
We got the key
We got the empire
Now as then
We don't doubt
We don't take direction
Lucretia
My reflection
Dance the ghost with me

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Love lost
Fire at will
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill

Time code:

00:00 – Song Info
00:17 – Intro
00:34 – Verse 1
01:04 – Post-Verse 1
01:11 – Verse 2
01:41 – Post-Verse 2
01:48 – Chorus 1
02:18 – Post-Chorus 1
02:33 – Verse 3
03:03 – Post-Verse 3
03:17 – Interlude
03:40 – Bridge
03:54 – Verse 4
04:24 – Chorus 2
04:39 – Outro
I hear dive bombers and
Empire down
Empire down

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down
Get undressed
Get pretty but you and me
We got the kingdom
We got the key
We got the empire
Now as then
We don't doubt
We don't take direction
Lucretia
My reflection
Dance the ghost with me

We look hard
We look
Through
We look hard
To see for
Real
Such things I hear
They don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel
I don't feel
But I don't feel