Cover art for Halloween by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Jun. 6, 19811 viewer8.8K views

Halloween Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The night is still
And the frost, it bites my face
I wear my silence like a mask
And murmur like a ghost

[Chorus]
Trick or treat, trick or treat
The bitter and the sweet
Trick or treat, trick or treat
The bitter and the sweet

[Verse 2]
The carefree days are distant now
I wear my memories like a shroud
I try to speak, but words collapse
Echoing, echoing

[Chorus]
Trick or treat, trick or treat
The bitter and the sweet
Trick or treat, trick or treat
The bitter and the sweet

[Post-Chorus]
I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween, Halloween
Oh, oh, oh, oh...
[Verse 3]
A sweet reminder in the ice-blue nursery
Of a childish murder of hidden lustre and she cries

[Chorus]
Trick or treat, trick or treat
The bitter and the sweet
Trick or treat, trick or treat
The bitter and the sweet

[Post-Chorus]
I wander through your sadness
Gazing at you with scorpion eyes
Halloween, Halloween
Halloween, Halloween
Oh, oh, oh, oh...
Oh!

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A track about the scariest day in the year: Halloween – the 31st October.

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Recorded At
Surrey Sound, Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Release Date
June 6, 1981
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