Siouxsie And Tthe Banshees

"The Execution"

"The Execution"


This is what she saw

The unsuspecting horse was held fast to the ground
Whilst some soldiers slit open its belly

The guilty gypsy was shoved inside the horse's belly
With only his head protruding from the dying beast

Another soldier then sewed up the wound with the culprit inside
Condemned to die, along with the putrefying animal, screaming

The young countess [?]

"The Ghost In You"

"The Ghost In You"


You awoke in a burning paperhouse
From the infinite fields
Of dreamless sleep
You return to Tiananmen
An eyewitness in a shroud
To see them fall, feel them yield
Relieving 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
Inferno 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, the belief you share
With a kiss eternal, the 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

"The Killing Jar"

"The Killing Jar"


Down where this ugly man
Seeks his sustenance
Down in the blue, midnight flare
A glass hand cuts through the water
Scything into his twisted roots
Then from his eyes
Spring fireflies
Breathing life
Into a roaring disguise

Needles and sins, sins and needles
He's gasping for air
In the wishing well
Dust to rust, ashes on gashes
Hand around the killing jar

A soft hoodwink of shadows
The size of make-believe
Punching through his spike of rage
A glass hand cuts through the water
Snuffing out the magic fury
Then from inside
Bolt lightning cries
Swiftly crushed
The final, muffled sighs

Needles and Sins, Sins and Needles
He's gasping for air
In the wishing well

Dust to rust, ashes on gashes
Hand around the killing jar
Hand around the killing jar

"The Last Beat Of My Heart"

"The Last Beat Of My Heart"


In the sharp gust of love
My memory stirred
When time wreathed a rose
A garland of shame
It's thorn my only delight
War-torn, afraid to speak
We dare to breathe

Majestic
Imperial
A bridge of sighs
Solitude sails
In a wave of forgiveness
On angels' wings

Reach out your hands
Don't turn your back
Don't walk away

How in the world
Can I wish for this?
Never to be torn apart
Close to you
'Til the last beat
Of my heart

At the close of day
The sunset cloaks
These words in shadowplay
Here and now, long and loud
My heart cries out
And the naked bone of an echo says
Don't walk away

Reach out your hands
I'm just a step away

How in the world
Can I wish for this?
Never to be torn apart
Close to you
'Til the last beat
Of my heart

How in the world
Can I wish for this?
Never to be torn apart
'Til the last beat
'Til the last fleeting beat
Of my heart

"The Lonely One"

"The Lonely One"


Happy in solitude
Secure there's no-one to depend on
Scorning alms & good luck charms
Staring down to the rocks below

I was the lonely one
I didn't want no-one

An odyssey so solitary
Carries you forth to collide with me
Recognized familiar signs
We're hypnotized on the turning tide

You were the lonely one
Who didn't want no-one
I was the lonely one
I didn't want no-one

Here I stand on the shifting sand
Waves of lassitude wash inland
The lonely cry of a seagull flies
Into my mind and recalls a time

When I was the lonely one
Who didn't want no-one
You were the lonely one
No we didn't want no-one

Hear my hymn calling the lonely one
Hear my hymn for the lonely one

"The Lord's Prayer"

"The Lord's Prayer"


Ready? (I'm ready!)
O! I'm gonna get you in the end!
Getcha! Getcha! Getcha!

Our father which art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done as on Earth
As it is in Heaven.
O in heaven.
And lead us not into temptation.
But deliver us from evil.
For thyne is the kingdom,
Power and the glory
Forever and ever amen.

Fury, chastity, burden,
Sacrifice, claim me guilty.
Burt white skin.
Running red, red on white,
Judge, icon, icon,

I am gonna getcha.
Revenge, revenge,
Never talk blabber to me.
Red running revenge.
Revenge getcha getcha getcha revenge
Never talk blabber to me.
Shalalalala... O no... no...

A knock knock knocking
Knock knock knocking on heaven's door.
Let me in! O let me in!
La La La Woo-oo-oo!
Who's that knocking on my door?

He floats like a butterfly,
Stings like a bee;
Floats like a butterfly but he
Stings like a bee.

Yedelay shedelay.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-fucking-ding
On the door, on heaven's door.

Bawk bawk bawk
Bawk bawk bawk BAWK!
Bawk bawk bawk bawk bawk BAWK!!

My little chickadee, carry on.
Carry on.

Our father which art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
As on Earth as it is in heaven.
In heaven.
Ahhh! Ah! Ah!

I'm gonna getcha in the end!
Getcha, I'm gonna getcha.
To me - talk blabber
I'll getcha.

When you're clever
I'll getcha in the end.
I'll get you in the end.
O! O! Shake it, shake it, baby,
Shake it, shake it, baby, now.
Twist and shout! Ow!
A knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork
That's the way you spell New York.

Yodelay-hee-he!
Yedelay-hee-hee!
Yodelay-yodelay-yodelay-hee-hee!
Yodelay-yodelay-yodelay-hee-hee!
Tomorrow belongs to me.

Let me open it.
Let me open it.
Don't take it away from me.
La-de-la-de-la-de-lalalala...

Sick it hard.
Holy cow. Holy cow.
Well shake it, shake it baby
Shake it, shake it, baby, now.
O, you twist little girl,
You know you twist so fine,
C'mon and twist a little closer
And let me know that you're mine.
O let me know that you're mine.
Mine, mine, mine, mine.

Our father which art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Ah-thy-a-king-a-dom-a-come
A-thy-a-will-a-be-a-done on Earth
As it is in heaven. Heaven.

Running red, running red, red on white.
Running red. Red over white.
Run, run, run, run, run-a, run-a,
Run-a, run-a, run, run, run, run-a,
Run-a, run-a, run and hide.
Run and hide.
You'll never frighten me.
Run and hide.
You can hide all you like.
Run and hide.
Leave me alone.
So run and hide.
But I'll get your hide.
Run and hide.
I'll have your hide.

O-Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Will I get to heaven?
This is all wonderful
But will I get to heaven?
Will all god's children get to heaven?

If you're good - if you're good
No you'll never get to heaven
Not even if you're good
There's never ever been a heaven.
There's never ever been a heaven.
On Earth as it is in heaven.
On Earth as it is in heaven.
That's what it says.
No heaven is Earth
Earth as it is in heaven.
On Earth as it is in heaven.
On Earth as it is in heaven.
On Earth as it is in heaven.

Run and hide.
No escape.
Run and hide.
You do-gooders will never get to heaven.
You do-gooders will never get to heaven.
Still safe in your
Still safe in your house
O god - but you'll never
You'll never, never, ever get to heaven.
You'll never climb the ladder to heaven.
So just shake it, shake it, shake it,
Shake it baby - and twist and shout.

Our father which art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.
This prayer goes on and on

"The Passenger"
(originally by Iggy Pop)

"The Passenger"
(originally by Iggy Pop)



I am the passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah the bright and hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight

I am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the city's ripped backside
And everything looks good tonight
Singing...

Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
We'll see the city's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
Stars made for us tonight

Oh the passenger
How how he rides
Oh the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see
He sees the sign and hollow sky
He sees the stars come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
'Cause it just belongs to you and me
So lets take a ride and see what's mine
Singing...

Oh the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window side
He sees things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city sleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
So lets ride and ride and ride and ride
Singing...

"The Rapture"

"The Rapture"


Oh pull on the rein
And haul me in
Back to the start where eyes first blink to see
A flowing mane
A cut-glass limb
And they're falling soaring so rhythmically

Oh pull on the rein
And haul me in back to the start
Rebirthed in ecstasy with cherubim and seraphim
When I was falling soaring so rhythmically
Falling soaring
Falling for you so completely

The Rapture
Unfurling blues and greens
The Rapture
A swirling violet stream
Mystic majestic
Entangled in a web of curling vapour thread
Encaptured by forces unseen
Enraptured an eclipse intoxicating
Strangely not inside strangely not outside
Drowning in the middle of an eerie transition
And I don't know your name
Never been alive - yet I haven't died
I hover disembodied in a semi-wakened haze

Floating far above the cloud
Sinking far below the ground
Only my senses remain

The Rapture
Unfurling blues and greens
The Rapture
A swirling violet stream
Mystic majestic
Entangled in a web of iridescent curling vapour thread
Floating far above the cloud
Sinking far below the ground
No form - only my senses remain

Wondering if I dare to say your name
Wondrous thoughts embalmed avow you came
By the crescent disc rising amethyst
How can love remain the same unchanged?
Moonlight plays upon this sunken brow
Midnight ink bleeds wet mercurial clouds
By the crescent disc rising amethyst
Somnambulist unharnessed storms the plow
By the crescent disc rising amethyst
How can love remain the same unchained?

"The Staircase (Mystery)"

"The Staircase (Mystery)"


Stare case lying face up
Stare cat on a mat
Looking down

Slide down the banister
Take the escalator
Slide down the banister
Or try the elevator

I was standing on the landing
Now I'm standing in the hall
Looking up

Won't someone assist me
Solve this mystery
Somebody assist me
Arrange the symmetry

Muffled footsteps on the carpet
Spiral steps start spinning
Around me

Which floor which ceiling
You're off balance
Which floor which ceiling
It's all upside down

Stare case lying face up
Stare cat on a mat
Looking down...