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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Sisters of Mercy
Performer
Andrew Eldritch
Vocals
Bill Keith Hughes
Keyboards
Adam Pearson
Guitar
Terri Nunn
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Eldritch
Composer
Roxanne Seeman
Songwriter
Billie Hughes
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Andrew Eldritch
Producer
Bill Keith Hughes
Producer
Ian Stanley
Additional Producer
John Webber
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You don't have to say you're sorry
To look on further down the line
Into the sun, too close at Heaven
Love is fine, but you can't hold it like a
[Verse 2]
Two worlds apart and two together
Into that goodnight kiss away
One takes the hard, one the other
Kiss away
[Verse 3]
Are you living for love?
Are you living for love?
When the road gets too tough
Is your love strong enough?
[Verse 4]
Are you living?
Are you living for love?
Are you living for love?
Are you living?
Are you living for love?
Are you living for love?
[Verse 5]
Do you feel your head is full of thunder?
Questions never end
Empty nights alone, no wonder
It all comes back again
[Verse 6]
Are you living for love?
Are you living for love?
I've been under the gun
I've lost and I've
Are you living for love?
Are you living for love?
I've been under the gun
I've lost and I've won (One, two, three, four)
[Verse 7]
Forget the many steps to Heaven (Are you living?)
It never happened and it ain't so hard (Are you living for love?)
Happiness is a loaded weapon
And a shortcut is better by far (Are you living for love?)
Explosive bolts, ten thousand volts (Are you living?)
At a million miles an hour
(Are you living for love?) Abrasive wheels and molten metals
It's a semi-automatic, get in the car (Are you living for love?)
Corrosive heart and frozen heat (Are you living?)
We're worlds apart where we could meet (Are you living for love?)
Where the street fold round and the motors start
And the idiot wields the power (Are you living for love?)
Where the chosen hold the highest card (Are you living?)
On the field of honor where the ground is hard (Are you living for love?)
So the highest hand is joking wild
And the house soon fold and no one stand (Are you living for love?)
I put my finger on and dialed
The tower, the moon, the gun, and 9-9-9, singer down
Cloudburst and all around
The first are last, the blessed get wired (Are you living?)
The best is yet to come (Are you living for love?)
I put my finger on and fired
Heat-seeking, out of the sun (Are you living for love?)
You can set the controls for the heart or the knees (Are you living?)
And the meek'll inherit what they damn well please (Are you living for love?)
Get ahead, go figure, go ahead and pull the trigger
Everything under the gun (Are you living for love?)
[Verse 8]
Everything under the gun (Are you living?)
(Are you living for love?) Everything under the gun
Everything under the gun (Are you living for love?)
Under the gun (Are you living?)
Under the gun (Are you living for love?)
Everything under the gun
Everything under the gun (Are you living for love?)
Under the gun (Are you living?)
Under the gun (Are you living for love?)
Everything under the gun
Everything under the gun (Are you living for love?)
Under the gun, under the gun
Everything under the gun
Everything under my gun
Written by: Andrew Eldritch, Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman