Sisters of Mercy - Giving ground

this is actually done by "sisterhood" the sisters of mercy side project but whose being particular?
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
In the place, through which we wander
Reason turned around
And every fool
Will see his madness drowned
And every truth is swallowed up
By ... is giving ground
What you have lost can never be found
Words are just dust in deserts of sound
Everything is lost and your choice lies broken
And the truth is drowned
I watch
Surrender
Because I know
...
Now I know you will not see
The madness we have seen
Now I know you cannot be
All that your fright has been
What you have lost can never be found
Words are just dust in deserts of sound
Everything is lost and your choice lies broken
And the truth is drowned
Words are just dust
I stood but you just could not wait
Behind
Because I know you cannot be
All that your fright has been
What you have lost can never be found
Words are just dust in deserts of sound
Everything is lost and your choice lies broken
And the truth is drowned
Everything is lost in the giving ground
Everything is lost
Everything is lost in the giving ground
Turned around
Reason, turned around
In the giving ground
Ground
In the giving ground
Everything is lost
In the giving ground

[@rockwifey1]

I love The Mission and The Sisters of Mercy and The Sisterhood.

[@manelramodne6022]

The Sisterhood was a The Sisters' (Andrew Eldritch only) electro-dark side project when part of the 1984-85 line-up went away. Eldritch's song with the help of some friends (James Ray, Lucas Fox, Alan Vega, Patricia Morrison).

[@JereMystic7S]

+Manel Ramodne Dude, you forgot Dr. Avalanche.

[@pedrojosegutierrezvelez5137]

And rob hollydayyyy

[@spuggsmags7075]

my friend James ray sang the vocals on this (I got to hear the demo) it was so wayne hussey couldn't use the name sisterhood for his new band & out of it came a great record with my mate on vocals...special

[@stars7803]

Great song. Reminds me when I used to go to Hollywood to the gothic clubs to dance to this music..^^

[@stars7803]

I Love this song it reminds of me of going to the clubs in Hollywood..^^

[@darkchia00]

@djjohnmartin For a fan of 15 years, you should know by now that Sisters of Mercy were around before SISTERHOOD. The early singles, Reptile House, Temple of Love (came out way before 1992), Body and Soul, First and Last and Always. They were all before Sisterhood and GIFT came out. Sisterhood was between First and Last and Always and Floodland. The other version of Colours was released on FLOODLAND, not Vision Thing. I know this is 2 years ago, but come on.

[@aleksanth5362]

Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@vesodoc]

I agree with you soooo much. As if I did your post. I'm just 3 years older...I believe that emotional and stylish music like this could never fade! Just as the memories of our true selves...Cheers!!!

[@mario6sic6]

I WISH I COULD BUY THIS ALBUM!

[@mathieudevigne]

thank you ! Even more as Gift can't be found easily nowadays. And for anyone wondering wtf has happened to Von's voice, it's simple, it's not his voice ^^

[@mario6sic6]

i seen it on ebay too and am so tempted to buy it!

[@michelebarros1492]

Eu amo essa banda 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@CarlMullen]

The live version Andrew does of this is good though!

[@DarkLord61636]

Same here =/ I'm 100% sure that if I don't buy it, it's going to come back and haunt me later... lol

[@909djRevolution]

superb!!!!!!!!!!!

[@doktorgriff]

@originalgoth Also the unofficial Fanzine of the "Sisters of Mercy" was called the "Sisterhood" at this time, that added to the situation. So hence Eldritch won damages of £20,000 (for the single only, the album rubbed salt in the wounds). 2 0 0 0 0 the reference on the the album. Just additional not conflicting ok. But there are lyrical references between Floodland and Gift.

[@originalgoth]

@doktorgriff Yea, the reference you're giving is the 2 5 0 0 0 at the very beginning of Gift - that is a cheap shot at Wayne, it was what the record comapny were offering either of them to relaese an album before the other. They played Rain From heaven in the 4 concerts that they did recently. They also played No time to Cry so maybe for the 30th anniversary concerts next year we'll hear lots of classic Sisters songs from all eras. Can't wait for that.

[@DontKnowHowToSayNo]

It's on KZbin. Search for "finland red, egypt white".

[@originalgoth]

@djjohnmartin The Sisterhood came after The Sisters of Mercy. When Wayne & Adam left in '85, they were calling themselves The Sisterhood but Eldritch thought it was too close to The Sisters and also it's what the fans were called. Eldritch put out Gift to claim the rights to use the name The Sisterhood as was ruled in the courts. Gift was released before Floodland as a one-off project, Eldritch was never going to keep the name.

[@sts5024]

muito Boa

[@michelebarros1492]

Demaaaaaaaiiiiiiiisssssss😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙

[@klaskatt]

this is Sisterhoood, not sisters of mercy, and its james ray singing in this song,andrew eldritch produced yes, from 1986

[@maddogmaddox]

ok .. in his early days of performing with the Sisters of Mercy Andrew always wore a hat on stage , so it IS Andrew Eldritch in this pic ...

[@drcid777]

thank you for posting the best sisterhood song- now if you could post their song in which the lyrics read like a gun assembly manual!

[@originalgoth]

@doktorgriff It's OK. I'd love to hear the early songs played as they were recorded - (no thrashing guitars where there shouldn't be) when they play their 30th anniversary gigs next year. 2 dates in Leeds so far, and I hope they add Rock City to the list as well.

[@DarkLord61636]

Same here=/ They have the Vinyl on Ebay though... But for $50

[@donzinnmbjr]

James Ray (Gangwar, The Performance, etc...) provided primary vocals for this song with Patricia Morrison (The Gun Club, Sisters, The Damned etc...) and Alan Vega (Suicide) also participating; moreover, Andrew only produced the Gift album, and there is no evidence that he actually performed on it.

[@mario6sic6]

i got the Gift vinyl for £15 off ebay :D good conition too!

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Andrew👈👉✌✌✌✌✌

[@lycia69]

@djjohnmartin Completely wrong. The Sisters of Mercy were first, but Andrew Eldritch, the singer and Wayne Hussy, guitarist had a falling out. Both were using the name Sisters of Mercy and hussey, so Eldritch used The Sisterhood...when he finally won the rights to use the name he switched back to The Sisters of Mercy. Colours was released on both Gift and the album right after it, Floodland.

[@tomazo72]

P O L S K A !

[@doktorgriff]

@originalgoth Yeah, it is 2 5000, my mistake, let's put it down to being "tired and emotional", but some good new stuff would be sound aswell. Sorry on that one.

[@greymajickjedi]

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[@xfenwrathx]

eldritch couldnt do vocals for property rights reasons if i read correctly elsewhere.

[@greymajickjedi]

Are the captions meant to merely confuse me?? o_O well it worked.

[@rentemit70]

A great song. Auch wenn Eldritch diesen Song nicht gesungen hat.

[@mariaveresses6371]

🐱 kitty kat

[@donzinnmbjr]

I don't think so. Listen to the voice, it is quite obvious that this is *not* Andrew. Further, I've actually seen James Ray and Andrew perform (not together) "Giving Ground" live.

[@deanroth2373]

Säger bara LYSSNA!.

[@uqvguerr]

Well I love the sisters but the mission main singer did alice etc with eldritch so he aint that bad hahaha

[@maddogmaddox]

you GOTTA be joking , right?

[@johanns1968]

who's *not* whose, you semi-literate uploader!

[@thejoydivisionsyndicate7326]

ur ite