SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: Tinderbox (Typed in by Lord Edward on August 22, 1986)
CANDYMAN
Sickly sweet, his poison seeks For the yound 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 GE Latine salive spills The 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
THE SWEETEST CHILL
Hearing you -- in my sleep Feeling you -- your cadence seeps Whispering in flashback -- the spectres 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
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
Enchantment ebbs and whirls -- the sweetest chill Enchantment ebbs and whirls -- oh the thrill The sweetest chill
THIS UNREST
This unrest beats out my breath Disconnected thoughts jangle in a mess
This unrest crucifies my chest Without anaesthetic 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 favours for old times sake Inside this captive frame Come and claim your liberty
Metal and flesh will fuse today These visions jump out and blast my days Clean away.......
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 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 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 your city lies in dust
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 The the cannons came
'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
Once more in the line of fire Hovers the preying sky The cannons aim jabs at the eye Heralding the rain.....
PARTY'S FALL
Your parties fall around you Another night beckons to you Your parties fall around you Another night beckons to you
Shadows loom 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
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
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 inside, don't hide Hurting all the time, hurting deep inside, 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 all our own inside No sighs
92 DEGREES
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 Snakey 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 wrythes 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 Snakey thoughts -- invade each person Not 91 or 93, but 92 Fahrenheit degrees
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, colours 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 Take a walk with me Down by the sea
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