 Genius Meanings
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine
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This song by Siouxsie and the Banshees is inspired by a real life woman named Christine “Chris” Costner Sizemore. Chris was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID) at a
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Spellbound
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First single from Siouxsie and the Banshees fourth album Juju. It’s about being in love as if you were under a spell.
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Lucy Dacus – Christine
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[Verse 1] / You're falling asleep / On my shoulder in the back of your boyfriend's car / We're coming home / From a sermon saying how bent on evil we are / I try to imagine what
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust
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“Cities in Dust” is a song written and produced by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released in 1985 as the first single from their seventh studio album
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Eve White/Eve Black
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“Eve White/Eve Black” is the b-side to the “Christine” single. Both songs were mainly penned by Steven Severing and tell different sides of the story of Christine Costner-Sizemore
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House
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Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh / This is the happy house / We're happy here in the happy house / Oh, it's such fun, fun, fun, oh / We've come to play in the
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Destroy Lonely – Difference (Missing)
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[Intro] / Yeah / (Clayco on the beat) / Oh, yeah, yeah / [Chorus] / Yeah, It took a long time (Took a long time) / I guess I needed distance (Bitch I needed distance) / Knew I'd
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Kiss Them for Me
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The song pays homage to the life and death of Jayne Mansfield, a 1950s and early 60s sex symbol. Mansfield and Cary Grant made a film in 1957 called Kiss Them for Me.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
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Siouxsies and the Banshees inspired a generation to dress in black, from hair roots to shiny shoes.
The apparent racist lines in the song were later explained as reflecting the
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – 92°
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[Sample from "It Came from Outer Space" (1953)] / Did you know that more murders are commited at 92 degrees Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once. Lower
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Israel
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“Israel” is a song by post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released as a non-album single on November 28, 1980, because the band wanted to put out a Christmas single
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Red Light
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She falls into frame with a professional pout / But the Polaroid's ignite upon seeing their subject / And the aperture shuts / Too much exposure / Voyeur sucks into focus floodlit
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Lunar Camel
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Chasing a monsoon over the dune / Oh fly me to the moon, get me there soon / I don't have to prove I'll last longer than you / One hump or two, any handicap will do against you
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Tenant
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Squatting on doorsteps / Following footsteps / Nocturnal habits are surveyed with interest / So we crawl into corners / Ignore any callers / And imagine our radiators clang for our
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Trophy
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Ohh, ohh / Ohh, ohh / [Verse 1] / Headhunters, headshrinkers / And long distance runners / Dust gathers on mementos / Dust gathers on proud moments / [Pre-Chorus] / Young voices
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Paradise Place
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Look to the hills, now look at my face / Do you notice my eyes, are they in the right place? / Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo, lo-lo-lo-lo-lo / There's a Mantovani backdrop to pucker-up a tummy
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Love in a Void
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[Verse 1] / Too many fools blocking my mo-mo-motion, na-na / Clouding my eyes must be the po-po-potion, na-na / Spots on my eyes must be the lo-lo-lotion, na-na / Spots on my eyes
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Arabian Knights
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[Verse 1] / The jewel, the prize / Looking into your eyes / Cool pools drown your mind / What else will you find / [Pre-Chorus] / I heard a rumour / It was just a rumour / I heard
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Skin
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[Verse 1] / Mink, seal and ermine / Smother fat women / I have a noble cause for skin / There's just too many of them / The only necessary cull / Curse the brain inside its skull
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House (Demo Version)
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Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh / Ooh, ooh, ooh / Ooh-ooh / This is the happy house / We're happy here in the happy house / Oh, it's such fun, fun, fun, oh / We've come to play in the
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hybrid
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It's a hybrid of me / I'm a hybrid of he / You're a misfit of me, I'm a misfit of you / In limbo / Carbon copies run blue / A reminder for you / But they're only skin deep
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Green Fingers
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The inspiration for this song comes from Season 2, Episode 13 of Rod Sterling’s Night Gallery. In “Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan’s Cafe,” a greedy developer attempts
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Dizzy
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[Chorus] / Dizzy / Dizzy / Oh, so dizzy / [Verse 1] / Scorpio rising on the horizon / Thunder tumbling from the mountains / Harpy sirens strangle silence / A piece of mind left
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Mirage
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[Verse 1] / I'm just a vision on your TV screen / Just something conjured from a dream / Seen through your x-ray eyes, a see-through scene / The image is no images, it's not what
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Desert Kisses
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[Verse 1] / Desert kisses in the sand / Engulfing joints, engulfing land / Tidal fingers cling to rocks / A deadly grip, a deadly lock / [Chorus] / Cursed and pissed into the ocean
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust (Extended Version)
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Oh, oh - oh, your city lies in dust / Oh, oh - oh, your city lies in dust, my friend / Oh, oh - oh, your city lies in dust, my friend / Water was running, children were running
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Siouxsie – Loveless
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[Verse 1] / Like a panther on the prowl / Hear me purr, hear me growl / I was fearless, fearless / I'm wearing my slinky boots / I'm wearing that kookie mood / Now they seem to fit
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Nouvelle Vague – Israel
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Little orphans in the snow / With nowhere to call a home / Start their singing, singing / Waiting through the summertime / To thaw your hearts in wintertime / That's why they're
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Clan of Xymox – Red Light
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She falls into frame / With a professional pout / But the Polaroid's ignite / Upon seeing their subject / And the aperture shuts / Too much exposure / Voyeur sucks into focus
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Siouxsie – Heaven And Alchemy
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[Verse 1] / I'm in love with the idea of you / In rush reality / Hard to face this deception / This human frailty / You're in love with the idea of me / In rush reality / Things
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Basement Jaxx (Ft. Siouxsie) – Cish Cash
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Yo yo yo yo / Miss that so you wanna kickback / All messed up and that's a fact / If you wanna risk that do that / Yo yo yo / Guess it's time for pay back / So you want your cish
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