Biography:
The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States due to a naming clash with a Philadelphia R&B band) is a goth band formed in 1986 in Leeds, England from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved goth band The Sisters of Mercy.
The band's original lineup consisted of Wayne Hussey (vocals, guitar), Craig Adams (bass), Simon Hinckler (guitar) and Mick Brown (drums). Hussey and Adams were formerly members of The Sisters of Mercy, Mick Brown was a former member of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Hickler was a former member of Artery and Pulp.
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Books and covers and part time lovers
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spinning rooms in cities of rust
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of smoke and fire and steel and wire
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and glass and spire and dust
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on to the floor at dawn with lips taught and drawn
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sleepless nights I've spent with angels heaven sent
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Stay with me, lay with me, lay down by my side
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stay with me, lay with me, take me deep inside
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speak of days and another place
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I wander as the gypsy under a beckoning moon
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speak of time and another face
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a wayward and languid cry a fleeting and furtive sigh
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from the cradle to the grave a love to desire and crave
I'll laugh for you, and I'll dance for you
but don't ask me to shed any tears when I have to go
you are a joy and a pleasure to love and to hold
your promise is as pure as the driven snow
passing ships in the night a touch distraught and light
eyes that brightly shine, your love tonight is mine
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Books and covers and part time lovers
Em Bm C C/B
spinning rooms in cities of rust
Em Bm C G G/F#
I'm stranded, struck out on this line
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of smoke and fire and steel and wire
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and glass and spire and dust
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on to the floor at dawn with lips taught and drawn
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sleepless nights I've spent with angels heaven sent
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Stay with me, lay with me, lay down by my side
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stay with me, lay with me, take me deep inside
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lay with me, stay with me, lay with me, stay with me
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stay with me
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Born of the sign of air and the twins
Em Bm C C/B
speak of days and another place
Em Bm C G G/F#
I wander as the gypsy under a beckoning moon
Em Bm C C/B
speak of time and another face
Em D/F# C Em D/F# C
a wayward and languid cry a fleeting and furtive sigh
Em D/F# C Em D/F# C
from the cradle to the grave a love to desire and crave
I'll laugh for you, and I'll dance for you
but don't ask me to shed any tears when I have to go
you are a joy and a pleasure to love and to hold
your promise is as pure as the driven snow
passing ships in the night a touch distraught and light
eyes that brightly shine, your love tonight is mine
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