Insomnia thoughts: sometimes it makes me laugh to think one of the most seminal goth albums is about a bitter band breakup, and its most famous song is a shot at a former member writing supposedly insipid and cliche lyrics.

And then you listen to the album and like half the songs are about fucking nothing and seem to be collections of lyrics that sound cool.

"Dominion/Mother Russia" is about how America sucks (and in a lot of ways is Eldritch riffing on Hussey's lyrics for "Black Planet")

"Lucretia My Reflection" and "This Corrosion" are about how much Eldritch hates his former bandmates and a little bit about how cool Patricia Morrison is (he has since come to hate her).

"Neverland" is some fucking drug thought Eldritch had about what if gravity stopped and we all flew off into space or the void, which while dumb is technically about something.

Every other track (depending on what version you are listening to, is 4 and 7 more tracks) is either about literally fucking nothing or a cover of a Hot Chocolate single.

At least half the album is just shit that sounds cool... which is what he supposedly hated the ex-Sisters members who went on to form The Mission for!

T̲he S̲isters O̲f M̲ercy - F̲lo̲o̲dland (Full Album)...

still an all time banger for the aesthetics