Romeo Down

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Anyone have a starting point for the lyrics of ROMEO DOWN?

The boots I have are too muddy for me to make out anything clearly, but I LOVE the song.
Any help is so greatly appreciated!
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https://sisterswiki.org/Romeo_Down ... :wink: ...
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Being645 wrote: ↑30 Jan 2023, 21:02 https://sisterswiki.org/Romeo_Down ... :wink: ...
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Even more official: https://www.thesistersofmercy.com/lyrics/romeo.htm
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Absolute classic. The first TSOM song about domestic violence, the second being "Six Ways To Sunday" (unless you count "Ribbons", of course)
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H. Blackrose wrote: ↑04 Dec 2023, 02:40 Absolute classic. The first TSOM song about domestic violence, the second being "Six Ways To Sunday" (unless you count "Ribbons", of course)
And a spiritual conclusion to flood? Haha
Just wanted to pipe up and show my appreciation, a good performance of romeo down is peak sisters to me.
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H. Blackrose wrote: ↑04 Dec 2023, 02:40 Absolute classic. The first TSOM song about domestic violence, the second being "Six Ways To Sunday" (unless you count "Ribbons", of course)
Summer as well, I believe; as poetic a description of a black eye as there ever was.
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I wonder what was going on in Von (and Adam P's) life at the time that they wrote *two* banger songs about domestic violence
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Hhm, bad habits and lacking means of communication might - at worst - turn into physical violence, but not necessarily or inevitably so.
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I don't think it necessarily need be something going on. Romeo Down in particular seems like it's telling a story, and could just as likely be inspired by something read in a book, seen in a movie, or encountered on the news. With the names changed to mush a bit of Shakespeare in, because it's Von of course.
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IMHO, one main theme is communication breakdown or non-communication right away and their negative effects, but also the fact that not everyone fits with another, be it from the beginning or in the long run and for various reasons all under reservation...
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To me, it's the dark conclusion of "Romeo & Juliet" -- Romeo takes it all out on her, beating her around the place, until Juliet gets her revenge, thus the body and the boy is gone.

Off the unreleased batch, this is very well one of the top 5 new songs to me.
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Jan wrote: ↑22 Jan 2024, 20:35 To me, it's the dark conclusion of "Romeo & Juliet" -- Romeo takes it all out on her, beating her around the place, until Juliet gets her revenge, thus the body and the boy is gone.

Off the unreleased batch, this is very well one of the top 5 new songs to me.
I love it as a song, but it's one of the bizarre features of TSOM fandom that a piece at least 27 years old can be described as "new"
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