The Sisters of Mercy - Comfortably Numb/Some Kind of Stranger (Lyrics)

Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, Come on, Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child I had a FEVER.
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.
I have become comfortably numb
O.K.
Just a little pin prick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
but I have become comfortably numb.
All my words are secondhand and
Useless in the face of this
Rationale and rhyme and reason
Pale beside a single kiss
And I've heard so many things I
Fail to understand at all
I'd settle anytime for
Unknown footsteps in the hall outside
And all I know for sure
All I know for real
Is knowing doesn't mean so much
When placed against the feeling
The heat inside
When bodies meet
When fingers touch
And I know the world is cold but
If you hold on tight to what you
Find you might not mind too much though
Even this must pass away and
Memories may last for years but
Names are just for souvenirs
Some kind of angel let me
Look into your eyes
Don't give me whys and wherefores
Reason or surprise
I don't care for words that don't belong
And I don't care what you're called
Tell me later if at all
I can wait a long long time
Before I hear another love song
Come here I think you're beautiful
I think you're beautiful beautiful
Come here I think you're beautiful
I think you're beautiful beautiful
Come here I think you're beautiful
I think you're beautiful beautiful

[@AshrayGirl]

It's 2021 and I'm sitting in my room and crying. The beauty of this performance is overwhelming. I'm lost for words. I've seen this footage ages ago but somehow it appeared again on my recommended videos and I'm very grateful.

[@cjgoth3487]

They were on top form last night playing The Roundhouse, Camden, London.

[@cafi1999217]

i swear

[@artemusprine]

@@cjgoth3487 They were great last week in Detroit as well.

[@louisduarte8763]

I am a sucker for a good Comfortably Numb cover, and they nailed it.

[@maolcolm]

The tie-in with Some Kind of Stranger is absolutely brilliant.

[@hrvojematovinovic3576]

Best transition between songs ever

[@artemusprine]

The part I went straight to before starting it over...

[@tomaszpopawski3907]

best music and performance ever!

[@areuready2live]

I cry every time i watch this video. The emotions this evokes out of me, is uncanny to love and deep understanding

[@AnaFrancisco-du8jy]

Great cover no perfect cover no one else can do this cover like Sisters of Mercy thanks ❤🎸 🎶

[@sinthiajarrz7285]

I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS ANOTHER SONG SOUNDS GREAT IT HAS ME CRYIN

[@suiciniv14]

Comfortably numb / Some kind of stranger

[@spiggytapes]

I love this Medley !

[@leecarslake2046]

Saw this performed live in London, might have been around 1998, think it opened the set. I’m sure it’s on the bootleg Victorian Nights. Thanks for sharing.

[@DocSommer]

Maybe it's not a perfect performance but compared to the Original I think this version has balls!

[@devillpett]

Absolutely perfect for reaffirming the flashbacks of many years ago seeing them live in Dublin.

[@AmyVanderlynn]

I ALWAYS start to cry if I hear that..ALWAYS...

[@wolfrain319]

Never thought these two songs would go so nicely together. Awesome!

[@sinthiajarrz7285]

iI AGREE

[@neilhatton3160]

Really?! I saw them May ‘92 and they opened with Comfortably Numb merging into Some Kind if Stranger...

[@TheChippedpaint]

They’ve always put these songs together live. It’s usually a closer.

[@onkelrock001]

- go bang festival, st. goarshausen(loreley) in 20.06.1992 ;-)

[@Max-se8de]

Es hat den ganzen Tag geregnet, meine guten Creepers haben sich aufgelöst und die Rückfahrt war die Hölle, aber diesen Tag und das Konzert von den Sisters (als Headliner!) werde ich sicher nie vergessen.

[@yenteltje]

he is the graetest!

[@azynkron]

This lyrics, hands down, must be among the best ever written. And, yes, Davids guitar shoes might be a a couple of numb(ers) to big for most guitar players.. "You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying." It's hard to top those lines..

[@sinthiajarrz7285]

great pink cover perfection

[@thomaspfundtner7407]

immer gut a wenns schlecht waren. meine helden

[@rscuris]

Haunting and deep. I like this better than The Floyd!!

[@w.d.6722]

This is a cover for fans of the Sisters, not fans of Floyd.

[@knifesedge]

It did get me into Floyd though!

[@RighteousBrother]

I like both so there!

[@michaelpontrelli6588]

As a big Pink Floyd fan since the mid 80s, I first heard this back in the early 90s and this has always been my favourite cover of a Floyd song. One day I listened to a live Pink Floyd "The Wall" bootleg, and Richard Wright played a piano / keyboard melody during the guitar solo of Comfortably numb - that was almost the same as Some Kind of Stranger (which was always one of my favouritse Sisters songs). That makes this version all the more awesome. To me, Andrew Eldritche really resonated with this song, and amplified the emotion during the performances. It's awesome!

[@MatthewNorthArchive]

I'm a massive fan of both more so Floyd and hearing this at the Birmingham NEC in 1992 was just so exciting. Love it. This video though never see the source before, think its Leysin my video was all wobbly!

[@Nephilim225]

@@michaelpontrelli6588 Listen to Anathema's covers as well they are also really good

[@BenjaminCole]

thxx 4 this recording and upload, the boy talkin thru out just makes it live better, G bless we love u Andrew E! thxx to all sistas that made every formation of the Sisters bof Mercy a goth splendour and a bliss fuelled loving dream thxx and gig

[@arkham2011]

Magnific!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SiberiaX]

Wow, Andrew loves Pink Floyd?! Glad to know this! :D

[@essy111]

How synchrenisity or what? I was going to tweet Fields of Nephilim if they could do a cover of this aswell good to see Sisters have

[@delilaseho1399]

this is forever

[@fredyout]

Excellent, the mix is perfect

[@BillionPlusOne]

Aw man I love that they covered this. Shame about the talking/noise.

[@Jaguarwarrior5]

Awesome

[@azynkron]

You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. Those lines are just fucking brilliant. A bit sad that I never got to see PF.

[@fabienh3943]

Some kind of Stranger is a bit his Moonage Daydream :-) I've been a fan since 1984 but didn't think their live performances were at the stratospheric level of those 2 sublime albums. On the other hand, what is there still to say about music in a world wherein Taylor Swift is breaking all records???

[@lmk5520]

Better than original! His voice is amazing!

[@psychoburgie]

brilliant

[@Eo_Tunun]

Thankee, Steckels! ^^)

[@sylvainparis532]

@W.D. yep, but the best one, period ! ;)

[@aleksanth5362]

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

[@GhostriderRU]

very cool

[@ImaMonaKnight]

Thanks*

[@eduardovarela479]

Curiosa la versión del inmortal clásico de Pink Floyd.

[@LordVoltRod2c]

Love you all....

[@ivorytower99]

Wow, great cover! befitting for the Sisters too. Was this recorded during this current tour? I'd love to record this song myself. Hell, I'll be up in the very front anyways w/my press pass. thanks! This was a tear jerker!

[@jmm1233]

interesting , but that what makes the solo so difficult to play is because the guitarist has to change style and methods mid strum which is a hallmark of Gilmours playing ,

[@onkelrock001]

must be recorded in the 90's (96 - 98??) - he's not wearing that coat for a long time and andreas bruhn is playing guitar... but of cause it's very good ;-)

[@LucretiusEldritch]

WEE DEE 1992

[@ImaMonaKnight]

I Fell*

[@Alex79uk]

Comfortably Numb is my favourite song of all time, and the Sisters one of my favourite bands, but some things just don't work. It had flashes of brilliance, but his voice just doesn't suit it.

[@Alex79uk]

Although it does transition real nice in to SKoS.

[@LucretiusEldritch]

There are better versions circa 1993 and 1998.

[@artemusprine]

Maybe, but it suits his voice if you can split the difference.

[@NothingSacred27]

Where is this shot at? I have a version similar in sound quality shot at the Brixton Academy.

[@danielscissorhands]

Needs more German people speaking! And more out of tune singing by Andrew! Otherwise it's perfect. ;-) In all honesty, I like it a lot, which is why I came to watch it, but he does have trouble staying in tune, which is mildly amusing. Too bad they never did a studio version.

[@rosaliesommer3135]

he always has trouble staying in tune and i'm starting to like it 😂

[@davh1231]

Murder a perfect track.

[@frauleindaniela]

Wo war das denn?

[@smokescreen4438]

"They should be shot" give us a break, should not waste our bullets, too many on this planet, have U ever thought of it, perhaps a silver bullet if you re a she-wolf, so WE CAN WAIT A LONG LONG TIME before we hear another one of your love bites, pls give us a break should have stayed only with your loved, the pink floyd, this is indeed a cover for the sister fans, so pls give us a break

[@EerieProductions1]

English please

[@marioh.3633]

In which city and in which year was this?

[@Max-se8de]

Loreley / Sankt Goarshausen / June 1992

[@marioh.3633]

@@Max-se8de thanks a lot ,Mäx

[@johnharmer4606]

He lives in the shadow of Pete Murphy, but is a brilliant artist in his own time.

[@LucretiusEldritch]

john harmer 😂😂😂

[@artemusprine]

To people who only compare their voices. He's a hell of a songwriter/producer also. Practically wrote and performed all of "Floodland".

[@kattastrofe]

Vocals spoiled the song, sorry :( I mean, this is not a good singing for this song.

[@artemusprine]

But it is a good song for his voice if you already like the way he sounds. How are things in 2010?

[@kattastrofe]

@@artemusprine hell I miss 2010, I hope I'm less of a jerk nowadays

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