It glittered and it gleamed
For the arriving beauty queen
A ring and a car
Now you're the prettiest by far
No party she'd not attend
No invitation she wouldn't send
Transfixed by the inner sound
Of your promise to be found
"Nothing or no one will ever
Make me let you down"
Kiss them for me, I may be delayed
Kiss them for me if I am delayed
It's divoon, oh it's serene
In the fountains pink champagne
Someone carving their devotion
In the heart-shaped pool of fame
"Nothing or no one will ever
Make me let you down"
Kiss them for me, I may be delayed
Kiss, kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed
On the road to New Orleans
A spray of stars hit the screen
As the tenth impact shimmered
The forbidden candles beamed
Kiss them for me, I may be delayed
Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed
Kiss them for me, kiss them for me
Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed
Kiss them for me, kiss them for me
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Superstition Album Lyrics
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Superstition Lyrics
Writer: STEVEN SEVERIN, MARTIN JOHN MCCARRICK, BUDGIE, SIOUXSIE SIOUX
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Fear Of The Unknown
I get the feeling -- I'm not alone
I get the feeling -- it's someone I don't know
Do you ever have the strange sensation
When you're standing mighty tall
To jump from 17 floors and crash into freefall?
But then fear takes control -- fear of the unknown
Imagines two complete strangers
Who suspect they were meant to be
Both in need of love and affection
Yet their suspicions prevent something heavenly
Fear takes control -- fear of the unknown
Aware of what will hurt you
You're prepared to remain this way
So sad yet safe with your afflictions
Afraid to start a brand new day
We all get the strangest feeling
When we're standing mighty tall
To jump from 17 floors and crash into freefall
But then fear carries all -- fear of the unknown
Fear takes its toll -- fear of the unknown
Aware of what will hurt you
You're prepared to remain this way
So sad yet safe with your afflictions
Afraid to start a brand new day
I get the feeling -- it's someone I don't know
Do you ever have the strange sensation
When you're standing mighty tall
To jump from 17 floors and crash into freefall?
But then fear takes control -- fear of the unknown
Imagines two complete strangers
Who suspect they were meant to be
Both in need of love and affection
Yet their suspicions prevent something heavenly
Fear takes control -- fear of the unknown
Aware of what will hurt you
You're prepared to remain this way
So sad yet safe with your afflictions
Afraid to start a brand new day
We all get the strangest feeling
When we're standing mighty tall
To jump from 17 floors and crash into freefall
But then fear carries all -- fear of the unknown
Fear takes its toll -- fear of the unknown
Aware of what will hurt you
You're prepared to remain this way
So sad yet safe with your afflictions
Afraid to start a brand new day
Writer: PHILIP GAVIN SMITH
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Cry
Cry for the bird with broken wing
Cry for the world that will not spin
Cry for the loss of innocence
Cry for a love, turned loveless
Sometimes I think of you, when I'm alone
Oh no Cry...
Nothing will ever be the same
All is ruined and put to shame
Tears and stars are one and the same
When I look up through my focused lens
But sometimes I think of you, when I'm alone
Oh no Cry... tears and stars confide, collide then die
Deep inside tears run dry, but I cry and cry.
Tiger skins and elephant tusks
In guilted mountains seep disgust
I look at you and I want to speak
For once in a while be a man and weep
'Cause all the dolphins and whales have gone
All good tidings and hopes have blown
All our nightmares are flying home
And it's too late to do anything but...
Cry...
Tears and stars collide, confide then die
Deep inside tears run dry, but I cry and cry
Cry...
Cry for the world that will not spin
Cry for the loss of innocence
Cry for a love, turned loveless
Sometimes I think of you, when I'm alone
Oh no Cry...
Nothing will ever be the same
All is ruined and put to shame
Tears and stars are one and the same
When I look up through my focused lens
But sometimes I think of you, when I'm alone
Oh no Cry... tears and stars confide, collide then die
Deep inside tears run dry, but I cry and cry.
Tiger skins and elephant tusks
In guilted mountains seep disgust
I look at you and I want to speak
For once in a while be a man and weep
'Cause all the dolphins and whales have gone
All good tidings and hopes have blown
All our nightmares are flying home
And it's too late to do anything but...
Cry...
Tears and stars collide, confide then die
Deep inside tears run dry, but I cry and cry
Cry...
Writer: ALASTAIR GAVIN, SARAH JANE MORRIS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Drifter
Drifter sleepwalk, drifter sleep talk
Awake to who is following
Moving like water, moving drifting on the wind
A drifter coming in
Then I dreamt that I awoke
And all around was asleep
With eyes in the back of my head
Awake to who is following
Drifter coming in
Never touching down, never leaving ground
A twilight world in which we roam
Still we don't belong, drift on
At daybreak, we walk
At daybreak, we talk
Ready to tear up the world
Drifter sleepwalk, drifter sleep talk
Your everywhere is home yet you never take hold
Wanting to live everywhere not wanting to live anywhere
A twilight world in which you roam
Still you won't belong, drift on
Awake to who is following
Moving like water, moving drifting on the wind
A drifter coming in
Then I dreamt that I awoke
And all around was asleep
With eyes in the back of my head
Awake to who is following
Drifter coming in
Never touching down, never leaving ground
A twilight world in which we roam
Still we don't belong, drift on
At daybreak, we walk
At daybreak, we talk
Ready to tear up the world
Drifter sleepwalk, drifter sleep talk
Your everywhere is home yet you never take hold
Wanting to live everywhere not wanting to live anywhere
A twilight world in which you roam
Still you won't belong, drift on
Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Little Sister
Here I sit in paradise
My head between my hands
Little sister, break your vow
Break down, the sacred side
Little sister, break the rules
Break me in two
Will hopes ever fill your eyes?
Look before I sleep tonight
Little sister, now you're gone
Let's just say it's a mercy kill
But little sister, you've left me
Howling at the moon
If you touched my heart
You might be surprised
You'd be paralyzed
If you touched my heart
A truth might lie disguised
You'd be paralyzed
Just once little sister
Just once little sister
My head between my hands
Little sister, break your vow
Break down, the sacred side
Little sister, break the rules
Break me in two
Will hopes ever fill your eyes?
Look before I sleep tonight
Little sister, now you're gone
Let's just say it's a mercy kill
But little sister, you've left me
Howling at the moon
If you touched my heart
You might be surprised
You'd be paralyzed
If you touched my heart
A truth might lie disguised
You'd be paralyzed
Just once little sister
Just once little sister
Writer: PETER CLARKE, STEVEN SEVERIN, SUSAN BALLION
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management
Shadowtime
The voice asleep, the voice has vanished
From the top of the sky to the place below
Touch the surface and the mirror bends
Your words resound, out of control
Freeze into time now
Still inside yet doubt survives
It all begins beneath the skin
No-one is near, no-one will hear
Your changeling song takes shape
In Shadowtime
Turn your wish to a vapour, the silhouette fades
Eclipse your blue eyes and the outline remains
From the house of the moon to the stars up above
Amidst the comets, first sight of love
So begin the countdown
Falling sky, a solar sigh
It all begins beneath the skin
No-one is near, no-one will hear
Your changeling song takes shape
In Shadowtime
Shadowtime
Catching fire, taking hold
All that glisters leaves you cold
No-one is near, no-one will hear
Your changeling song takes shape
In Shadowtime
Shadowtime
From the top of the sky to the place below
Touch the surface and the mirror bends
Your words resound, out of control
Freeze into time now
Still inside yet doubt survives
It all begins beneath the skin
No-one is near, no-one will hear
Your changeling song takes shape
In Shadowtime
Turn your wish to a vapour, the silhouette fades
Eclipse your blue eyes and the outline remains
From the house of the moon to the stars up above
Amidst the comets, first sight of love
So begin the countdown
Falling sky, a solar sigh
It all begins beneath the skin
No-one is near, no-one will hear
Your changeling song takes shape
In Shadowtime
Shadowtime
Catching fire, taking hold
All that glisters leaves you cold
No-one is near, no-one will hear
Your changeling song takes shape
In Shadowtime
Shadowtime
Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Silly Thing
Alone and left to ponder everything
Alone and left to puzzle out all the pain
Such a silly, silly, silly thing
You must catch it and cease it while you can
Accusations flying, colliding, cheek to cheek
Button up your lip and think before you speak
Oh, see him fly into a rage
And see her cry in her tantrum cage
Too blind to halt this stupid game
Silly thing
Silly thing
Now, all that's left is a feeling very grim
Alone and left to think about the stupid thing
Yes, she would fly into a rage
And he would cry in his tantrum cage
A replay of this dumb charade
Silly thing
Silly thing
I misunderstood you, I buried my head in sand
Please accept my feelings of remorse and take my hand
Such a silly thing, can destroy a man
For such a silly thing to come between such friends
Is hard to imagine or believe
Silly thing
Silly thing
Such a silly, silly, silly thing
You must catch it and cease it while you can
Silly, silly, silly thing
You must catch it and cease it while you can
Silly thing
Alone and left to puzzle out all the pain
Such a silly, silly, silly thing
You must catch it and cease it while you can
Accusations flying, colliding, cheek to cheek
Button up your lip and think before you speak
Oh, see him fly into a rage
And see her cry in her tantrum cage
Too blind to halt this stupid game
Silly thing
Silly thing
Now, all that's left is a feeling very grim
Alone and left to think about the stupid thing
Yes, she would fly into a rage
And he would cry in his tantrum cage
A replay of this dumb charade
Silly thing
Silly thing
I misunderstood you, I buried my head in sand
Please accept my feelings of remorse and take my hand
Such a silly thing, can destroy a man
For such a silly thing to come between such friends
Is hard to imagine or believe
Silly thing
Silly thing
Such a silly, silly, silly thing
You must catch it and cease it while you can
Silly, silly, silly thing
You must catch it and cease it while you can
Silly thing
Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Got To Get Up
Got to get up, get into life, got to get up, get into life
Got to get up and live this life, got to get up and win this life
No more looking down, look up
Skyward up your eyes, devour the sun now
Got to, got to get up now, so get up
Gonna shake my bones gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
I'm gonna shake my bones, gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
'Cause I've been here too long, now I'm up
Skyward up this song, devour the sun now
I've got to, got to get up now, oh, so get up
Bad luck you say, it's just not your day
But you've got to reach out, grab your destiny
Kick up the dust, kick up a storm
Kick out the past and take control
There's no-one else, it's up to you
Are you gonna wake up or cry boo hoo?
No one else but you can rise up
You know what to do, got to get up
No more looking down, look up
Come and claim your crown, got to get up, got to get up
Got to get up and live this life, got to get up and win this life
No more looking down, look up
Skyward up your eyes, devour the sun now
Got to, got to get up now, so get up
Gonna shake my bones gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
I'm gonna shake my bones, gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
'Cause I've been here too long, now I'm up
Skyward up this song, devour the sun now
I've got to, got to get up now, oh, so get up
Bad luck you say, it's just not your day
But you've got to reach out, grab your destiny
Kick up the dust, kick up a storm
Kick out the past and take control
There's no-one else, it's up to you
Are you gonna wake up or cry boo hoo?
No one else but you can rise up
You know what to do, got to get up
No more looking down, look up
Come and claim your crown, got to get up, got to get up
Writer: BUDGIE, MARTIN JOHN MCCARRICK, SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVEN SEVERIN
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Silver Waterfalls
Clouds roll by overhead
Like giant rays coast a dried up ocean bed
Dancing winds blow a parody
Of swirling currents in a long forgotten sea
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh the sparkling souls of dreaming children call
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh in streets that shine like silver waterfalls
In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
Shimmer on me
We were here long ago
And now we roam like ghostly buffalo
First two lies then two tears
Subtle curves, now glistening souvenirs
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh the sparkling souls of dreaming children call
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh in streets that shine like silver waterfalls
In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
In sleep we grow
In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
Awake and glow
Shivering in silver waterfalls
Anoint me in silver waterfalls
Like giant rays coast a dried up ocean bed
Dancing winds blow a parody
Of swirling currents in a long forgotten sea
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh the sparkling souls of dreaming children call
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh in streets that shine like silver waterfalls
In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
Shimmer on me
We were here long ago
And now we roam like ghostly buffalo
First two lies then two tears
Subtle curves, now glistening souvenirs
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh the sparkling souls of dreaming children call
Shimmer glimmer shimmer on me
Oh in streets that shine like silver waterfalls
In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
In sleep we grow
In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
Awake and glow
Shivering in silver waterfalls
Anoint me in silver waterfalls
Writer: BUDGIE, JONATHAN DAVID KLEIN, SIOUXSIE SIOUX, STEVEN SEVERIN
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Softly
Softly into your broken veins
Softly into these broken dreams
Will you ever come home?
Will you ever be found?
Standing on shattered windowpane
Softly I whisper your name
Concealed in bedclothes of frosting cold
Softly the snowflakes start to fall
Fleecing the velvet skin
Suspended in frozen time
Icicles slowly drip outside
To the rhythm of your wounds here inside
I entered your dream, I entered your scheme
Softly to swim inside your veins
Softly in rippling cellophane
To float and glide in time
To the rushing in your brain
I wanted your lips, yes, I wanted your kiss
So softly the moment had flown
My body outside yours softly collects the falling snow
And disappears far away so softly
Softly into these broken dreams
Will you ever come home?
Will you ever be found?
Standing on shattered windowpane
Softly I whisper your name
Concealed in bedclothes of frosting cold
Softly the snowflakes start to fall
Fleecing the velvet skin
Suspended in frozen time
Icicles slowly drip outside
To the rhythm of your wounds here inside
I entered your dream, I entered your scheme
Softly to swim inside your veins
Softly in rippling cellophane
To float and glide in time
To the rushing in your brain
I wanted your lips, yes, I wanted your kiss
So softly the moment had flown
My body outside yours softly collects the falling snow
And disappears far away so softly
Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
The Ghost In You
You awoke in a burning paper house
From the infinite fields of dreamless sleep
You return to Tiannammen
An eyewitness in a shroud
To see them fall, feel them yield
Reliving the terror of the crowd
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Just for a moment I seemed to know
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
The whisper of your scream
Sighed through the air
And faith the flag is torn and frayed
Infernal heat, glory in flame
Love was beaten and betrayed
In every step I hear your sobbing
Dare I break the shade with one caress
Dare I trespass to lift the veil
To touch the lips so soft and frail
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
Your captive heart's
The belief you share
With a kiss eternal
Spirits of the square
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Hope remains with the ghost in you
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
Don't let it blow
The ghost in you
The ghost in you
From the infinite fields of dreamless sleep
You return to Tiannammen
An eyewitness in a shroud
To see them fall, feel them yield
Reliving the terror of the crowd
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Just for a moment I seemed to know
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
The whisper of your scream
Sighed through the air
And faith the flag is torn and frayed
Infernal heat, glory in flame
Love was beaten and betrayed
In every step I hear your sobbing
Dare I break the shade with one caress
Dare I trespass to lift the veil
To touch the lips so soft and frail
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
Your captive heart's
The belief you share
With a kiss eternal
Spirits of the square
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Hope remains with the ghost in you
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
Don't let it blow
The ghost in you
The ghost in you
Writer: SIOUXSIE, THE BANSHEES
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Superstition is the tenth studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on 10 June 1991 by Polydor Records. The lead single, "Kiss Them for Me", gave the band their first top 40 Billboard Hot 100 entry in the United States, peaking at No. 23, with the album peaking at No. 65 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The band widened their musical influences with the arrival of musician Talvin Singh, who played tablas on the songs "Kiss Them for Me" and "Silver Waterfalls".
Performed By:
Siouxsie & The BansheesThe band widened their musical influences with the arrival of musician Talvin Singh, who played tablas on the songs "Kiss Them for Me" and "Silver Waterfalls".
Genre(s): Alternative rock, art pop
Producer(s): Stephen Hague
Length: 48:21
Released: June 10th, 1991
Year: 1991