Genius Meanings
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Night Shift
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This song is about serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the “Yorkshire Ripper,” who was convicted of murdering 13 women (mostly prostitutes) between 1975 and 1980.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Into the Light
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“Into the Light” presents an engaging and systematic reflection on death and what comes after it. It is written from the perspective of a person with conflicting beliefs about
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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 – 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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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Monitor
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[Chorus] / Monitor outside / For the people inside / A prevention of crime / A passing of time / They come and they go / It's a passing of time / They come and they go / Whilst we
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – I Could Be Again
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Through glowing gloom, I see the flicker of treason / Dancing on the picture of what might have been / This minute will last a day, these days will last for years / And those years
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Halloween
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[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
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Dear Prudence
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[Verse 1] / Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? / Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day / The sun is up, the sky is blue / It's beautiful, and so are you / Dear Prudence
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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 – Blow the House Down
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Weaving in his basket chair / Twist you round a lock of hair / Made of straw, the wicker man / Made of straw, I'll blow your house down / Bishops falling from the windows / The
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Pulled to Bits
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Tongues are clacking words of one vision / One tiny incision and teeth are cracking / On thin air, on thin air / And teeth are cracking on thin air / Pulled to bits in silence
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Head Cut
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The head is the best part / My head cut, my woodcut / I saw you in the gallery / With your torso and family / A huge smiling central face / With eyes and lips cut out / But smiling
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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 – Blue Jay Way
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There's a fog upon L.A / And my friends have lost their way / We'll be over soon they said / Now they've lost themselves instead / Please don't be long please don't you be very
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Sin in My Heart
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Sin in my heart, sin in my heart / Sin in my heart, sin in my heart / Sin in my heart, flying like a dart / Oh, sin in my heart / It's beginning to start, it's beginning to start
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Voodoo Dolly
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She's your little voodoo dolly / And she's gonna make you lazy / Like the little drum in your ear / Transfixes you to your fear / And now she's transfixed in your fear / And you
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Billy Corgan – Marking Time
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The Marked was ahead of it’s time in a few novel ways…although generally unsuccessful and clumsy in our attempts, we did our best to blend really loud guitar with 80’s English
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The Weeknd – House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
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In the first of many two part songs, Abel describes a drug induced party scene, most likely going on in his former house on 65 Spencer, which was one of the many influences for
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