'Dance On Glass' is one of the songs Wayne Hussey wrote for The Sisters.
A demo version was recorded at Strawberry Studios Stockport in summer 1984, but Eldritch wasn't keen.
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Roll of the thunder Kiss and the scream Hold out my arms and scars start to show Howling for the glory of the innocent But don't despair for the shame I know The taste of ash on my tongue Faith and prayers, wanton dust Chanting strangers, blood on their cheeks Haunt my dreams all covered in blood
Dance Dance on glass Saints and martyrs Tarnish, taint and punish me softly Cut that bleeds and burning skin Screaming in the darkness torn and ragged For the love of god, my dreams look dim So...
A whisper and a promise lit on fire Kiss the hand where the angels dread Love is the corpse that draws on dreams Rips them apart and tears them to shreds So...
Tarnish, taint, and punish me softly Hold out the heat and burning skin Screaming in the darkness torn and ragged For the love of god, my dreams look dim A whisper and a promise lit on fire Kiss the hands where the angels dread Love is the corpse that draws on dreams Rips them apart and tears them to shreds So...