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Tinderbox Album
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox Lyrics



  1. Candyman
  2. The Sweetest Chill
  3. This Unrest
  4. Cities In Dust
  5. Cannons
  6. Partys Fall
  7. 92°
  8. Lands End

Candyman


Sickly sweet, his poison seeks
+
For the young ones who don't understand
+
The danger in his hands
+
With a jaundiced wink see his cunning slink
+
Oh trust in me my pretty one
+
Come walk with me my helpless one
+
Candyman
+
Syrup lies upon your tongue
+
Gelatin saliva spills
+
A flash of a guillotine a smile
+
Candyman -- oh Candyman
+
No pity for him, their misery screams
+
Unspeakable things
+
A cool missile, yes it's in his smile
+
With open arms to welcome you
+
Beware the masked pretender
+
He always lies, this candyman
+
Those lips conspire in treachery
+
To strike in cloak and dagger, see!
+
Candyman -- oh Candyman
+
And all the children, he warns "Don't tell,"
+
Those threats are sold
+
With their guilt and shame they think they're to blame
+
For Candyman -- oh Candyman
+
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Sickly sweet, his poison seeks
+
For the young ones who don't understand
+
The danger in his hands
+
With a jaundiced wink see his cunning slink
+
Oh trust in me my pretty one
+
Come walk with me my helpless one
+
Candyman
+
Syrup lies upon your tongue
+
Gelatin saliva spills
+
A flash of a guillotine a smile
+
Candyman -- oh Candyman
+
No pity for him, their misery screams
+
Unspeakable things
+
A cool missile, yes it's in his smile
+
With open arms to welcome you
+
Beware the masked pretender
+
He always lies, this candyman
+
Those lips conspire in treachery
+
To strike in cloak and dagger, see!
+
Candyman -- oh Candyman
+
And all the children, he warns "Don't tell,"
+
Those threats are sold
+
With their guilt and shame they think they're to blame
+
For Candyman -- oh Candyman
+
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Writer: MATTHEW DAVID CLAYDEN, MARK WILLIAMS
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC




The Sweetest Chill


Hearing you in my sleep
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Feeling you, your cadence seeps
+
Whispering in flashback
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The specters of your memories
+
Fall in glistening showers
+
Such a tender descent
+
Intones this haunting lament
+
The sweetest chill
+
Fearing you but calling your name
+
Icy breath encases my skin
+
Fingers like a fountain of needles
+
Shiver along my spine
+
And rain down so divine
+
The sweetest chill
+
The sweetest chill
+
A drowning so sublime
+
Spins in a heavenly climb
+
Calling you, tears thaw my sleep
+
Wanting you, this hoary web is weaved
+
From this strange confusion
+
Grows a perverse communication
+
It enthralls me and coils me around
+
The sweetest chill
+
The sweetest chill
+
The sweetest chill
+
Enchantment ebbs and whirls
+
The sweetest chill
+
Enchantment ebbs and whirls
+
The thrill, the sweetest chill
+
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Hearing you in my sleep
+
Feeling you, your cadence seeps
+
Whispering in flashback
+
The specters of your memories
+
Fall in glistening showers
+
Such a tender descent
+
Intones this haunting lament
+
The sweetest chill
+
Fearing you but calling your name
+
Icy breath encases my skin
+
Fingers like a fountain of needles
+
Shiver along my spine
+
And rain down so divine
+
The sweetest chill
+
The sweetest chill
+
A drowning so sublime
+
Spins in a heavenly climb
+
Calling you, tears thaw my sleep
+
Wanting you, this hoary web is weaved
+
From this strange confusion
+
Grows a perverse communication
+
It enthralls me and coils me around
+
The sweetest chill
+
The sweetest chill
+
The sweetest chill
+
Enchantment ebbs and whirls
+
The sweetest chill
+
Enchantment ebbs and whirls
+
The thrill, the sweetest chill
+
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Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC




This Unrest


This unrest beats out my breath
+
Disconnected thoughts jangle in a mess
+
This unrest crucifies my chest
+
Without anesthetic it cuts
+
Through tumorous flesh
+
This unrest beats out my breath
+
This unrest beats in my chest
+
Discordant limbs watch unimpressed
+
At the aimless walk, the mindless talk
+
The pictures leap out and dance for me
+
They laugh at me
+
As your bitterness closes in
+
You're feeling very old again
+
Ah, just to sleep, without these thoughts
+
But the angels shout, resurrecting doubts
+
Ah, we meet again, my trusty friend
+
Demanding new favors for old time's sake
+
Inside this captive frame
+
Oh, come and claim your liberty
+
Metal and flesh will fuse today
+
These visions jump out and blast my days
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away
+
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This unrest beats out my breath
+
Disconnected thoughts jangle in a mess
+
This unrest crucifies my chest
+
Without anesthetic it cuts
+
Through tumorous flesh
+
This unrest beats out my breath
+
This unrest beats in my chest
+
Discordant limbs watch unimpressed
+
At the aimless walk, the mindless talk
+
The pictures leap out and dance for me
+
They laugh at me
+
As your bitterness closes in
+
You're feeling very old again
+
Ah, just to sleep, without these thoughts
+
But the angels shout, resurrecting doubts
+
Ah, we meet again, my trusty friend
+
Demanding new favors for old time's sake
+
Inside this captive frame
+
Oh, come and claim your liberty
+
Metal and flesh will fuse today
+
These visions jump out and blast my days
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away, clean away, clean away
+
Clean away
+
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Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY




Cities In Dust


Water was running
+
Children were running
+
You were running out of time
+
Under the mountain
+
A golden fountain
+
Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
+
But, oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
We found you hiding
+
We found you lying
+
Choking on the dirt and sand
+
Your former glories
+
And all the stories
+
Dragged and washed with eager hands
+
But, oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust... my friend
+
Your city lies in dust
+
Water was running
+
Children were running
+
We found you hiding
+
We found you lying
+
Water was running
+
Children were running
+
We found you hiding
+
We found you lying
+
Your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust... my friend
+
Hot and burning in your nostrils
+
Pouring down your gaping mouth
+
Your molten bodies, blanket of cinders
+
Caught in the throes, and
+
Woah oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust... my friend
+
Your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
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Water was running
+
Children were running
+
You were running out of time
+
Under the mountain
+
A golden fountain
+
Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
+
But, oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
We found you hiding
+
We found you lying
+
Choking on the dirt and sand
+
Your former glories
+
And all the stories
+
Dragged and washed with eager hands
+
But, oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust... my friend
+
Your city lies in dust
+
Water was running
+
Children were running
+
We found you hiding
+
We found you lying
+
Water was running
+
Children were running
+
We found you hiding
+
We found you lying
+
Your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust... my friend
+
Hot and burning in your nostrils
+
Pouring down your gaping mouth
+
Your molten bodies, blanket of cinders
+
Caught in the throes, and
+
Woah oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust... my friend
+
Your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
Oh - oh your city lies in dust, my friend
+
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Writer: Peter Clarke, Steven Bailey, Susan Ballion
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management




Cannons


Troubled weather's on its way
+
Tempests threaten us today
+
There's no respite from long dark nights
+
Just the fantasy of spring
+
From the hailstones of summer
+
To a scorching winter land
+
A frozen death sleep, then this heat
+
Beats down on this buckled land
+
Flames lick closer to the core
+
From city limits fireball
+
And in a headless chicken run
+
Race red and screaming fire engines
+
Then the cannons came
+
Oh 'neath the brooding sky
+
Beneath its baleful eye
+
The cannon shot, the cannon crack
+
Disturbing night dreams
+
People fled in droves
+
To the lakes and to the shores
+
Left behind a near ghost town
+
Save the life of the cannons resounding
+
Still there was no rain
+
No rain, no rain, no rain
+
Once more in the line of fire
+
Hovers the preying sky
+
The cannons aim jabs at the eye
+
Heralding the rain
+
Heralding the rain
+
Oh, heralding the rain
+
Heralding the rain
+
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Troubled weather's on its way
+
Tempests threaten us today
+
There's no respite from long dark nights
+
Just the fantasy of spring
+
From the hailstones of summer
+
To a scorching winter land
+
A frozen death sleep, then this heat
+
Beats down on this buckled land
+
Flames lick closer to the core
+
From city limits fireball
+
And in a headless chicken run
+
Race red and screaming fire engines
+
Then the cannons came
+
Oh 'neath the brooding sky
+
Beneath its baleful eye
+
The cannon shot, the cannon crack
+
Disturbing night dreams
+
People fled in droves
+
To the lakes and to the shores
+
Left behind a near ghost town
+
Save the life of the cannons resounding
+
Still there was no rain
+
No rain, no rain, no rain
+
Once more in the line of fire
+
Hovers the preying sky
+
The cannons aim jabs at the eye
+
Heralding the rain
+
Heralding the rain
+
Oh, heralding the rain
+
Heralding the rain
+
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Writer: SEVERIN, PETER CLARK, SUSAN BALLION
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management




Partys Fall


Your parties fall around you
+
Another night beckons to you
+
Your parties fall around you
+
Another night beckons to you
+
Shadows look as you resist the gloom
+
Faded hues issue forth and bloom
+
A bed of leaves for a lover
+
Awake with a kiss and rise asunder
+
And when the party's over
+
You retreat in a realm of slumber
+
In your mind, crystal lights rebound
+
Wheels spin round and you hear the sound
+
Of autumn's call at party's fall, autumn's call
+
Through rose-tinted glass you still remember
+
The gladness, not sadness, only laughter
+
In your mind vicious lights rebound
+
Wheels spin round and you hear the sound
+
Of autumn's call at party's fall, autumn's call
+
The smile in the mirror grows weaker
+
The laughter you heard is growing fainter
+
Your parties fall around you
+
The night forgets to rouse you
+
Your party's fall astounds you
+
An aura of sadness abounds you
+
Glad rags sigh, maybe you're alone
+
Maybe you're alone inside, don't hide
+
Hurting all the time, hurting deep inside
+
Don't cry, don't cry
+
My happiness depends on knowing
+
This friend is never alone
+
On your own, a party on our own
+
We'll have a party on our own, inside
+
No sighs, don't cry, don't cry
+
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Your parties fall around you
+
Another night beckons to you
+
Your parties fall around you
+
Another night beckons to you
+
Shadows look as you resist the gloom
+
Faded hues issue forth and bloom
+
A bed of leaves for a lover
+
Awake with a kiss and rise asunder
+
And when the party's over
+
You retreat in a realm of slumber
+
In your mind, crystal lights rebound
+
Wheels spin round and you hear the sound
+
Of autumn's call at party's fall, autumn's call
+
Through rose-tinted glass you still remember
+
The gladness, not sadness, only laughter
+
In your mind vicious lights rebound
+
Wheels spin round and you hear the sound
+
Of autumn's call at party's fall, autumn's call
+
The smile in the mirror grows weaker
+
The laughter you heard is growing fainter
+
Your parties fall around you
+
The night forgets to rouse you
+
Your party's fall astounds you
+
An aura of sadness abounds you
+
Glad rags sigh, maybe you're alone
+
Maybe you're alone inside, don't hide
+
Hurting all the time, hurting deep inside
+
Don't cry, don't cry
+
My happiness depends on knowing
+
This friend is never alone
+
On your own, a party on our own
+
We'll have a party on our own, inside
+
No sighs, don't cry, don't cry
+
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Writer: STEVEN SEVERIN, SUSAN BALLION
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management




92°


The day drags by like a wounded animal
+
The approaching disease, 92 degrees
+
The blood in our veins and the brains in our head
+
The approaching unease, 92 degrees
+
Long ago in the headlines, they noticed it too
+
But too late for the loved ones and nearly for you...
+
Shaky lines -- on the horizon
+
Snaky thoughts -- invade each person
+
Watch the red line -- creeping upwards
+
Watch the sanity line weaken
+
The volcanic depths of Hades' ocean
+
Bubble under, these crazed eruptions
+
It wriggles and writhes and bites within,
+
Just below the sweating skin
+
I wondered when this would happen again
+
Now I watch the red line, reach that number again
+
The blood in our veins and the brains in our head...
+
Drink the water with jagged glass
+
Eat the cactus with bleeding mouth
+
Not 91 or 93, but 92 Fahrenheit degrees
+
Shaky lines -- on the horizon
+
Snaky thoughts -- invade each person
+
Not 91 or 93, but 92 Fahrenheit degrees
+
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English

The day drags by like a wounded animal
+
The approaching disease, 92 degrees
+
The blood in our veins and the brains in our head
+
The approaching unease, 92 degrees
+
Long ago in the headlines, they noticed it too
+
But too late for the loved ones and nearly for you...
+
Shaky lines -- on the horizon
+
Snaky thoughts -- invade each person
+
Watch the red line -- creeping upwards
+
Watch the sanity line weaken
+
The volcanic depths of Hades' ocean
+
Bubble under, these crazed eruptions
+
It wriggles and writhes and bites within,
+
Just below the sweating skin
+
I wondered when this would happen again
+
Now I watch the red line, reach that number again
+
The blood in our veins and the brains in our head...
+
Drink the water with jagged glass
+
Eat the cactus with bleeding mouth
+
Not 91 or 93, but 92 Fahrenheit degrees
+
Shaky lines -- on the horizon
+
Snaky thoughts -- invade each person
+
Not 91 or 93, but 92 Fahrenheit degrees
+
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Writer: BUDGIE, SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVEN SEVERIN
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management




Lands End


Come take this hand at twilight's door
+
I'll meet you there we'll share the moonlit floor
+
Through the driving rain, colors run in veins
+
Ozone fills the air, two figures disappear
+
Come let's take flight, let's quit this scene tonight
+
Whilst they sleep on endless, in their wrecked designs
+
Sleep on endless in your wrecked designs
+
Moths touched by flame repeat their fatal game
+
Forever and eternally, the cliffs around the crashing sea
+
Unsolved and endless, wait for me
+
Undulating far below, where lucid waters flow
+
Their faces seem to know
+
Where the land falls to an end
+
This hidden tale begins
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Moths touched by flame repeat their fatal game
+
Forever and eternally, the cliffs around the crashing sea
+
Unsolved and endless, wait for me, wait for me
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
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Come take this hand at twilight's door
+
I'll meet you there we'll share the moonlit floor
+
Through the driving rain, colors run in veins
+
Ozone fills the air, two figures disappear
+
Come let's take flight, let's quit this scene tonight
+
Whilst they sleep on endless, in their wrecked designs
+
Sleep on endless in your wrecked designs
+
Moths touched by flame repeat their fatal game
+
Forever and eternally, the cliffs around the crashing sea
+
Unsolved and endless, wait for me
+
Undulating far below, where lucid waters flow
+
Their faces seem to know
+
Where the land falls to an end
+
This hidden tale begins
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Moths touched by flame repeat their fatal game
+
Forever and eternally, the cliffs around the crashing sea
+
Unsolved and endless, wait for me, wait for me
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
Take a walk with me down by the sea
+
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Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY





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Tinderbox

Tinderbox is the seventh studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released on 21 April 1986 by Wonderland and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States. It was the band's first full-length effort recorded with then-new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers; Carruthers had previously only added a few parts on the 1984 EP The Thorn. The first recording sessions for the album took place at Hansa by the Wall in Berlin in May 1985.

Two songs were released as singles between late 1985 and early 1986, "Cities in Dust" and "Candyman". Tinderbox peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 88 on the US Billboard 200.

PopMatters included it on their list of the "12 essential alternative rock albums from the 1980s", and alternative rock artists including Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle, Jean-Beno"t Dunckel of Air and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, have cited it as an inspiration.
Performed by: Siouxsie and the Banshees
Genre(s): Alternative rock
Producer(s): Siouxsie and the Banshees
Length: 38:21
Released: April 21st, 1986
Year: 1986
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