We'll turn away in a passive decision We'll take the steps through the unmarked door A look back for another collision But the boys of the spires Are boys no more Not black and red boys Frightened by the night By the catholic monochrome The catholic girls now Stark in their dark and white Dread in monochrome The sisters of mercy High tide Wide eyed Sped on adrenochrome For the sisters of mercy Filled with Panic in their eyes Rise Dead on adrenochrome We had the power We had the space We had a sense of time and place We knew the words We knew the score We knew what we were fighting for For the freedom The time to choose But time to think Is time to lose The signals clash And disappear The shade too loud And the sound unclear For the High tide Wide eyed Dread in monochrome Denied in spite Disliked in monochrome Panic in their eyes Rise Dead and monochrome The sisters of mercy Spite On adrenochrome The way is clear The road is closed The damage done And the course Imposed you