JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Sister of Mercy merupakan grup band rock asal Inggris yang terjun ke industri musik pada 1980.
Grup band tersebut digawangi oleh tiga personel, yakni Andrew Eldritch, Ben Christo, dan Dylan Smith.
Mereka merilis lagu "Lucretia My Reflection" pada 1988 sebagai bentuk kekhawatiran akan terjadinya perang dan kekacauan lain yang dapat menghancurkan kehidupan.
Baca juga: Lirik Lagu Reflection Versi Bahasa Mandarin, OST Disney Mulan
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Lucretia My Reflection" berikut ini.
[Intro]
| Am | Am | C Csus4 C | Dm F-5 Em | [x2]
[Verse 1]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am C Csus4 C
Hot metal and methedrine
Dm F5 Em
I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Down I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Down
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am
Love lost, fire at will
C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill I hear--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Dive bombers and empire down-- empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Down
[Verse 2]
Am
I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
C Dm
Get down, get undressed
Am
Get pretty, but you and me
C Dm
We got the kingdom, we got the key
Am
We got the empire, now as then
C Dm
We don't doubt, we don't take direction
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me
[Instrumental]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | [x2]
[Verse 3]
Am
We look hard, we look--
C Dm
Through
Am C Dm
We look hard to see for real
Am
Such things I hear they don't make sense
C Dm
I don't see much evidence
Am C Dm
I don't feel, I don't feel, I don't--
Am
Feel
[Instrumental]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | [x4]
[Verse 3]
Am
A long train held up by page on page
C Dm
A hard reign held up by rage
Am
Once a railroad
C Dm
Now it's done
[Verse 1]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Hot metal and methedrine-- I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F5 Em
Down
[Verse 4]
Am
We got the empire, now as then
C Dm
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection
Am C Csus4 C
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me
[Outro]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | [x3]