Sisters Of Mercy, The - Amphetamine Logic Lyrics






Watch them do
The falling over
Watch them do
The standing still
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life, all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more S....

(Women)
And the women come and go
(Talk)
Talking about me like they know
(Men)
Bought and sold
And the world keeps turning
People cold
And people burning
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life, all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more S....

Nothing but the knife to live for
One life, all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more S.... (Amphetamine Logic)
Hit up
Steel in hand
Lit up
Like candles
Burning
Like Catherine wheels
Turning
On
Nothing but the knife to live for
One life, all I need
Give me one good reason
Give me more S.... (Amphetamine Logic)





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  1. o.... 8....

    Every genre of music has it's borderline bands. This band is one of those bands that balances on that line between crappy pop music and even crappier goth music

  2. L.... B....

    pretty sure this is the song that's supposed to be playing in the goth kids' room in "south park: the fractured but whole"

  3. R.... C....

    This song is fucking epic

  4. J.... R....

    It's ALL based on the monolith at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey... L...O...LOUD!

  5. J.... J....

    Type o Negative !

  6. G.... T....

    Rise and reverberate Sisters.

  7. R.... ....

    Цой жив!

  8. A.... j....

    One of the best bands of all time , my dad used to play this when I was a kid 20 years later still love it, apparantly there on tour soon

  9. S.... F....

    One night, Portugal Madrid route AP-6 3pm. ^v^

  10. S.... M....

    Obra maestra esta canción

  11. l.... b....

    I miss those thin little pills with the white crosses.

  12. �.... �....

    я нашла свою религию кажись

  13. C.... D....

    Nothing but the knife to live for!

  14. A.... D....

    Watch them do
    The falling over
    Watch them do
    The standing still
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S....
    And the women come and go
    (Talk)
    Talking about me like they know
    (Men)
    Bought and sold
    And the world keeps turning
    People cold
    And people burning
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S....
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S.... (Amphetamine Logic)
    Hit up
    Steel in hand
    Lit up
    Like candles
    Burning
    Like Catherine wheels
    Turning
    On
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S.... (Amphetmine Logic)

  15. S.... B....

    Note: A perfect way to describe the meaning of a "Oxymoron", same as "police intelligence" really. Well if the police had any intelligence, they would have become solicitors instead of being coppers eh? If you take that Chrystal meth stuff, you'll find very little logic to your thinking.

  16. o.... p....

    Best song on album with possession

    o.... p....

    nine while nine

    o.... p....

    All album are the best of all gothic music.

  17. n.... m....

    Billy Wizz, Sisters and then to top off. A few Shrooms 1982 at its best ;-)

  18. l.... c....

    tellement bon a réentendre ce titre des sisters ;) cest une bombe

  19. M.... M....

    So great

  20. C.... S....

    Can't Stop listening to this:D

  21. C.... S....

    I'd like to know the meaning of this song 🤔

    C.... S....

    DRUGS. That is what it's about.

    C.... S....

    @Dan of Xymox :D

  22. C.... S....

    Such a great song! Found it a few days agp, this year! :D guess what that means, never gets old *-*

  23. L.... F....

    Deliciosamente esquizita

  24. K.... B....

    no meth just lots of LSD weed poppers and nitros oxide far as I remember. hair spray and cloves. everyone in black and most of us with bizarre makeup on. hey i'm pushing 50 now! drug free 27 years.

  25. m.... r....

    alkohol---miękki.

  26. m.... r....

    koncentracja.

  27. J.... F....

    The best Sisters songs for me... So much tension on Andrew's voice in the ending part

  28. t.... ....

    Aina vain pahenee. Dj pitää vissiin rullata mattoon

  29. C.... L....

    musica da minha vida ''turns on''...:P

  30. J.... R....

    *To Bard of Esgaroth Last King of Dale*
    Thesis:  Vampirism can be a metaphor for a human condition.  This condition of being one is an emptiness and it is also related to information.  The metaphor has grown over time into a monster and many people relate to it.  It is a state of history and of eternity and an eternal life of not knowing the truth but being exposed to it just enough to see one’s inner darkness and the darkness of the world.  There is little or no logic in vampires, but they are filled with history and reason and even mathematics.  They come out to feed on information and, sure, it gets sexual, but mostly they want blood and revenge.  Vampires are hip and sometimes noble and eternal life is always a hip cause and area of research.  The never see the light because they never take the logic and work it.  Instead they fill their cup again and again, until insanity prevails.  Beware!  There are few ways out of vampirism once exposed.  One of these is through dialectic logic.  Thesis, atithesis, synthesis, repeat...the philosophers used to present their arguments in ancient Greece and fill them with rhetoric and grammar and whosoever convinced the listeners would win.  Theoretically, one could create vampires with enough powerful secret historical exposure and suggestive rhetoric.  It's up to them to work out the facts and contribute a rebuttal.  This is a simple exposure to the unknowable, unproveable, unseeable and a historical grounding in them.  To conquer vampirism one must conquer the philosophers of the ages and have a presentation of one's logic or else all is lost and empty unto death.
    _Antithesis anyone?_

  31. �.... �....

    Привет тебе витя цой 😇🤗😆

  32. M.... P....

    🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🙏

  33. K.... C....

    Strong, goth voice of Mr Eldritch.

  34. F.... J....

    Nothing like taking coke And listening to this song...

  35. N.... A....

    Real lyrics:
    Nothing but tonight to live for
    One LINE all i need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more
    Speed
    (Amphetamine logic)

    N.... A....

    Honestly...I thought he was saying " nothing but the knife to live for...one life" etc etc guess I was wrong! Andrew has a unique dire, frantic, in desperation delivery style as his voice goes from high to low (to insane) quicker than a new corvette going 0 to 50...

    N.... A....

    I swear it sounds like the "knife/life" version for most of the song then switches to the Tonight/line version at the finale of the song where the chorus repeats the final couple times.

  36. A.... B....

    Coincidentally after recently listening to them i saw some dude with their shirt on ! Crazy shir i mean ive heard the name but was into more thrash and hardcore punk

    A.... B....

    So you seen someone wearing their own shirt? How weird is that....

  37. T.... X....

    One of the best songs ever!!

  38. A.... S....

    Near Meth Experience

  39. M.... S....

    Amphetamine logic!
    One Night all I need
    Please Stop it...

  40. A.... E....

    Give ME 1 Gold reason....

  41. F.... S....

    ii dont can find the song-shes like heroine-from the sisters! censorß? help!

    F.... S....

    Sisters of Mercy don't have a song with that name. On the other hand, System of a Down does have a song called "She's like Heroin"...

    F.... S....

    The Gun Club have a song called 'She's like Heroin to Me'. Patricia Morrison was in both bands. That might be your confusion.

  42. F.... K....

    I came out to my friend during this song

    F.... K....

    I come all over my GF during this song.....many times, especially after our speed binges. ;)

    F.... K....

    As a speed freak?

  43. G.... R....

    Definitely one of the best out of all of the great songs from Sisters of mercy

  44. M.... P....

    I bought the lp from which this comes pretty much when it was released and it remains one of my faves.  A super strong effort. My copy lists this song, I think,as LOGIC. A common misprint??

    M.... P....

    No misprint. They censored 'Amphetamine' from the title. On the original vinyl it had the whole title 'Amphetamine Logic' written on the label. Only on the cover was the word left out, due to the worry that certain retailers would refuse to sell, due to obvious drug connection. Crazy that even in the 80's these type of things worried record companies.

  45. G.... M....

    Watch them do
    The falling over
    Watch them do
    The standing still
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S....
    And the women come and go
    (Talk)
    Talking about me like they know
    (Men)
    Bought and sold
    And the world keeps turning
    People cold
    And people burning
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S....
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S.... (Amphetamine Logic)
    Hit up
    Steel in hand
    Lit up
    Like candles
    Burning
    Like Catherine wheels
    Turning
    On
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life, all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more S.... (Amphetmine Logic)

    Songwriters: Andrew Eldritch / Gary Marx

  46. B.... C....

    i caught them in Irvine with Tony James on bass...so much fucking fog on stage from what i could remember...my favorite post punk band...

    B.... C....

    I saw them two a couple of years ago.I count not seeing them from the fog on stage!

  47. D.... B....

    Saw them all over London so many times 83-85. Incredible live. The Venue, at Victoria in 1982, Brixton Ace, when supporting Brilliant in 1983, and Electric Ballroom in Camden 1984 were my personal favourites.

  48. g.... l....

    Madame satã saudades

    g.... l....

    gabriel luongo um português no meio desta gente toda, parece que aqui não existe people k curte estas cenas

    g.... l....

    @Ze Barrocas verdade

  49. l.... e....

    love love love love love ONLY LOVEEEE <3

  50. C.... R....

    les Sisters for ever💜💜

  51. A.... T....

    The structutre of this song is like bombing your first gram. Up and down, go the white waves of night, straight into black morning.

    A.... T....

    Lame. Drugs are for losers. "First gram" please! Go away.

  52. D.... ....

    Watch them do
    The falling over
    Watch them do
    The standing still
    CHORUS
    Nothing but the knife to live for
    One life all I need
    Give me one good reason
    Give me more s.....
    (Women)
    And the women come and go
    (Talk)
    Talking about me like they know
    (Men)
    Bought and sold
    And the world keeps turning
    People cold
    And people burning
    CHORUS [x2]
    (Amphetamine logic)
    Hit up
    Steel in hand
    Lit up
    Like candles
    Burning
    Like Catherine wheels
    Turning
    On
    CHORUS [x3]
    (Amphetamine logic)
    CHORUS [x3]

  53. N.... T....

    Категория СПОРТ. Чтоо? Блядь, вы в своем уме? Ах, ладно, все равно тут русских нет. Greetings from East Ukraine.

  54. J.... N....

    One of the best...

  55. F.... A....

    Category: Sports.

  56. V.... S....

    Awesome song!

  57. S.... D....

    Astonishing ! The best Song ever !

  58. J.... C....

    The voice from Andrew Eldritch as the front man kind of sings partly with the wailing tone, which is how a front man sings in a doom metal band to me. That is how kick buttocks this track is from sisters of mercy's album first and last and always.

    J.... C....

    K, thanks for setting it right, bro.

    J.... C....

    You are welcome man.👍

  59. A.... C....

    still listening to this in 2017

    A.... C....

    Ashley Crockett-Lynch 2018

    A.... C....

    Give me something better to listen to and I will. I


    I'll wait...


    HMLTD is kinda cool but their most recent singles suck.

  60. t.... ....

    i find it funny how conservative goths are today compared to their old school predecessors. bars that hold goth clubs most likely cant even make money because most dont even drink

    t.... ....

    Not to mention the lack of originality:Off the peg clothing etc. Very boring. When I was a so called 'Goth' in UK in the early/mid 80's I'd spend hours in charity shops & the like looking for clothes that looked unique & made me look that bit different. Yes I had crimped hair often black or 'deminol blue' but I loved that it wasn't turned into an off the peg look.

    t.... ....

    @Lee Snedker what always amazed me was the pathetic & obvious comments of 'You poof, you wear make-up' by idiots I knew who had never been known to even so much as kiss a girl much less have a girlfriend!
    I always found that rather odd? IE I was a poof etc yet I'd always have a beautiful girlfriend that they could only dream of.

    t.... ....

    I haven't seen a single human in my parts of LI NY that even so much as looks "goth" in any way, for years now. Not even kids. Everyone here just walks around in boat shoes, shorts, and tank tops. With too much facial hair.

    t.... ....

    @Scott Briggs You can't tell what anyone is into these days. No more: Metal guy, stoner, goth, skin-head, Ska, etc. The youth today is a bore.

    t.... ....

    @Dan of Xymox I knew it was all over in 1987 working at my stupid record store job, when DMs Music For The Masses came out, and indeed, the masses started buying it! The yuppies attacked and were buying records like that. The beginning of the end.

  61. S.... D....

    nice...

  62. D.... C....

    amfetamine burn my head please young dont tray

  63. S.... C....

    the ones using crystal methodologic all committed kamikaze

  64. M.... R....

    exelente disco!

  65. A.... O....

    melhor época e formação do sisters

  66. �.... �....

    Возможно, я не прав, но слышны, по-моему, цоевские мотивы... P.S. Боюсь ошибиться, но, кажись, это "Действовать будем мы"...

    �.... �....

    скорее наоборот. Цой точно был под сильным влиянием The Cure, а от них до Sisters Of Mercy очень близко

    �.... �....

    Мне почему-то вспомнился Пикник.

    �.... �....

    Сестры ещё задолго до Цоя играли, так что извините, тут Цой не оригинален.

  67. S.... ....

    Give me more speed!

  68. S.... ....

    The end of the song is INSANE.
    Never heard such a thing after that.

    S.... ....

    @Zombie Mom With respect... the term "goth" was already endemic in the press (such as "ZigZag" magazine) by 1983. At least, it was in Britain.


    And, by the way. it's "Eldritch" (as in "weird, mysterious, foreboding"), not "Eldridge". It's a stage-name... .

    S.... ....

    @Trips I know right, pretty sweet rock album.

    S.... ....

    Andy hates goth..he would say this is "fucking rock and roll" hahahah

    S.... ....

    the singer of the cult mentioned this band in an old interview o i looked them up

    S.... ....

    lost it at eldridge

  69. E.... S....

    Цой жив

    E.... S....

    Не знаю, не знаю. Что-то я сходства между песней "Дальше действовать будем мы" и этой не нашел. Да и вряд ли Цой вдохновлялся Сестрами - скорее, на него влияние оказали Cure и Smiths.

    E.... S....

    Да и начало этой песни явно взято из песни "Layla" Эрика Клэптона.

    E.... S....

    @dağtilki ну тут тоже расплывчато. Есть что-то, но не более

    E.... S....

    @Бродный Год вот зато Вовка Кузьмин постарался - начало куплета "сказка в моей жизни" с началом куплета песни Клэптона донотно заимствовано. А в этой песне очень неочевидно.

    E.... S....

    @John Smith не слушаю таких

  70. N.... O....

    category : sports.
    Lmao.

    N.... O....

    rotflmao

    N.... O....

    being goth is an olympic category

    N.... O....

    * This is not goth, this is sport
    - Andrew Eldritch

    N.... O....

    You know. Speed, sport.

  71. R.... P....

    Madame Satã....

    R.... P....

    Rodolfo Pereira de Almeida Vamos no Bats & Robots?

    R.... P....

    Rodolfo Pereira de Almeida Bons tempos!

  72. S.... B....

    Sisters is my first band...the Best!

  73. c.... ....

    this song is too accurate. why did they censor the word "speed" though?

    c.... ....

    +cocteaucid148 They didn't. They censored 'Amphetamine' from the title. On the original vinyl it had the whole title 'Amphetamine Logic' written on the label. Only on the cover was the word left out, due to the worry that certain retailers would refuse to sell, due to obvious drug connection.

    c.... ....

    +We Live In A Zoo whats funny is a few years later an actual record label would come about called Amphetamine Records. or at least a Publishing label , cuz i saw it on Helmet's album.

    c.... ....

    Yes it's amazing what becomes'acceptable' I suppose. I still think there would be certain tv/radio stations that might decide to not play songs with overt drug titles or references though even though it's rather ludicrous these days!

    c.... ....

    Nothing but tonight to live for
    One LINE all i need... Give me more..

  74. a.... m....

    Nobody listens to the Sisters anymore... They need to do some new stuff! Although, first and last and always is an unparalleled masterpiece!

    a.... m....

    Hey I still put my cds in and drive like amotherfker

    a.... m....

    i saw them live same year u made that comment

    a.... m....

    Yeahh first and last and Always, new stuff???

    a.... m....

    Yes! i am 53 fat and ugly nowadays,  but songs like this makes  me feel Young and beatyful, ok, not really

    a.... m....

    I still listen to them, although I believe Eldritch is artisticly dead so to speak & despite his hate of being called 'Lord Of Goth' by many is happy to play up to it.
    Dry ice OD at any Sisters gigs!

  75. n.... ....

    i love this song

  76. M.... S....

    best of sisters. knew the amph logic. it's only a circle to live for!    "One night it's all I need."  " letharge"  " Nothing but that the night we live for"    always begin at the start,  never came to end!!!

    M.... S....

    One Knife and one night are quite different things :-)

    M.... S....

    he sings ' Nothing but the knife to live for' . Not ' the night'

    M.... S....

    They say drugs make your life shorter but the good ones make time slow down :P

  77. C.... C....

    How about a nice hug and a cup of tea.

    C.... C....

    Yes, that sounds very goth

    C.... C....

    A hug and a cup of tea are fine, but it doesn't exclude that I can't enjoy the beauty of this ' Amphetimine Logic'...

    C.... C....

    Smoke the tea.

  78. N.... A....

    simplemente sexo 

    N.... A....

    tão simples

    N.... A....

    @Sérgio Fernandes easy..

    N.... A....

    paya oe ! es solo mia *w* 

    N.... A....

    te doy sexo :3

  79. N.... ....

    Actually the song is simply "Logic".

    N.... ....

    Actually the song IS called 'Amphetamine Logic'. Originally, before MP3's & even CD's, vinyl or tape was the only way to buy an album. According to Andrew Eldritch , SOM record company refused to put the whole title on the album sleeve  for fear of shops such as Woolworths & WH Smiths refusing sell anything with an obvious drug reference. On the actual vinyl the words 'Amphetamine Logic' appear. I should know, I bought the album when it first came out. So you're wrong.

    N.... ....

    +Largactyl Kid Epic, you owned the poor young emo and shred him to pieces. He must be still weeping and wailing about that in his black leather outfit ;)

    N.... ....

    jp00349 Sounds like he was joking.

  80. k.... ....

    yet another quality tune from the Sisters...unbelievable...

  81. R.... P....

    Just took a shot of the sticky brown speed. Wish me luck!

    R.... P....

    +Reptile Pope Enjoy!!it is a life-long thing... =)

    R.... P....

    Reptile Pope is dead now.

    R.... P....

    Rip reptile pope.
    Guess it was more of a deathstyle thing. Just drank some bottled morphine. Wish me fucked! ..

  82. N.... H....

    hey hey hey hey hey hey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  83. k.... ....

    The knife... good for cutting up big chunks of speed, drawing the lines and last but not least, making sure no one crosses them.

    k.... ....

    Good observation...

  84. W.... T....

    The dark power still exudes from this Gothic Rock masterpiece. I say it will be listened to with deep admiration when most of the today's crap that passes as "music" rots forgotten in the wastes of The Land called "Not Worth Remembering or Repeating".
    Kudos to The Sisterhood.

    W.... T....

    Dude it is about speed

    W.... T....

    You read my mind...

  85. s.... i....

    this song is crazy I like the end of this 

  86. 4.... ....

    troll school? trolls don't exist im a human just like you you believe in trolls its childish

  87. L.... ....

    perfect song

  88. 4.... ....

    Did he take amphetamine? I guess because his music his shit, Justin Beber and one direction are 1864x better

    4.... ....

    I imagine 5 years on from this comment you're an even bigger fucking idiot?

    4.... ....

    Die in a hole.

  89. K.... V....

    brilliant song, brilliant album <3

  90. N.... D....

    Bad.Ass.

  91. Z.... G....

    You have my respect :]

  92. j.... w....

    I was and still am Gothic and I will never be any different,from 13 im now 44.I have always loved the Goths beautiful people.........

    j.... w....

    jane willis same for me... and I love it

    j.... w....

    No. Not all 'Goths' are 'Beautiful people'.
    People can be arseholes & rather unpleasant & being a Goth doesn't mean you're immune from that. I find it astounding a 44 year old (at the time) would make such a claim?

    j.... w....

    @We Live In A Zoo I know a lot of people who are goths, and quite a few people who are arseholes. The intersection of the two sets is pretty small tbh. Most of the goths I've met are lovely people. I've been in the goth scene since I was 16, & I'm a few months off 50 now.

  93. h.... g....

    OOhh i like this song!!

  94. G.... B....

    give me my aaaaaaaaaa ;)

  95. V.... M....

    this brings it all back wild youth ..........sped gothic life i remember andy what days of wild excess