Downside Up Credits

DOWNSIDE UP ERA - CREDITS


	Voices (On The Air) 20th Century Boy Pulled To Bits Mittageisen Drop Dead/Celebration Eve White/Eve Black Red Over White Follow The Sun Slap Dash Snap Supernatural Thing Congo Conga Coal Mind We Fall Cannibal Roses Obsession II A Sleeping Rain Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant Tattoo (There's A) Planet In My Kitchen Let Go The Humming Wires I Promise Throw Them To The Lions An Execution The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog Lullaby Umbrella Shooting Sun Sleepwalking (On The High Wire) She Cracked She's Cuckoo Something Blue The Whole Price Of Blood Mechanical Eyes False Face Catwalk Something Wicked (This Way Comes) Are You Still Dying Darling? El Dia De Los Muertos Sunless Staring Back Return Spiral Twist Sea Of Light I Could Be Again Hot Head B Side Ourselves Swimming Horses (Live) All Tomorrow's Parties (Live) Hang Me High Black Sun Overground Voices (On The Air) Placebo Effect Red Over White



	Voices (On The Air) Lyrics

	And I'm hearing the whispers from my window And I'm hearing something scratching on the inside Could it be the sea beckoning me? Could it be - can I see? Voices on the air And I'm feeling like a moody situation And I feel the waves lapping with contempt Could I feel my senses leaving me Could it be - can I see? Voices on the air

	Voices Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McKay - Guitar Morris - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The Haunted Palace by Edgar Alan Poe & On Wine & Hashish by Baudelaire.



	20th Century Boy Lyrics

	Friends say it's fine Friends say it's good Everybody says he's Just like Robin Hood I move like a cat Talk like a rat Sting like a bee Babe I wanna be your man Well it's plain to see You were meant for me I'm your toy Your Twentieth Century boy Twentieth Century toy I wanna be your boy Twentieth Century Toy I wanna be your boy Friends say it's fine Friends say it's good Everybody says it's Just like Robin Hood Fly like a plane Drive like a car Hold out your hand Babe I wanna be your man Well it's plain to see You were meant for me I'm your toy Your Twentieth Century boy Twentieth Century toy I wanna be your boy Twentieth Century toy I wanna be your boy

	20th Century Boy Credits

	Marc Bolan - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McKay - Guitar Morris - Drums



	Pulled To Bits Lyrics

	Tongues are clacking Words of one vision One tiny incision And teeth are cracking On thin air, on thin air Pulled to bits In silence Left rotting on the ground Slowly pulled to bits In silence Without a sound, without a sound Buildings bleached with chatter chatter clatter Fill their senses with cement Watch the people shatter One by one, one by one Pulled to bits In silence Left rotting on the ground Slowly pulled to bits In silence Without a sound, without a sound Young lungs snapping, coming up for air The mindless ones yapping Slashing through the thoroughfare One by one, one by one Oh one by one Without a fucking care Pulled to bits in silence Left rotting on the ground Slowly pulled to bits In silence Without a sound, without a fucking sound Pulled to bits Yackety Yackety yack yack yack Pulled to bits Shatter shatter shatter clatter Pulled to bits Yap yap yap yapping Pulled to bits Without a sound

	Pulled To Bits Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McKay - Guitar & Saxophone Morris - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: The acts of copy cat violence that followed the release and subsequent withdrawal of Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange .



	Mittageisen Lyrics

	Reunion beginnt Mit einem Glas Quecksilber Fernsehen flimmert Für noch eine Nachricht Flinten beleuchten die Augen Der sitzenden Familie Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Verrostet nicht wenn geschmiert und rein Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Metall regiert in meinem Meister-Plan Mit mechanischem Rucken Pflücken die Taschen Uhrzähne Zum Mittagessen Freitag Im Rückprall sagt "Verzeihung Zurück muß ich kehren Meine liebe Maschinerie" Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Verrostet nicht wenn geschmiert und rein Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Metall regiert in meinem Meister-Plan Es beherrscht unser Leben Es bringt kein heil Ich schreibe ein paar Zeilen Das Wetter hier ist fein Doch dröhnt es Tag und Nacht Durch Lautsprecher Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Verrostet nicht wenn geschmiert und rein Metall ist stark, Metall will scheinen Metall regiert in meinem Meister-Plan

	Mittageisen Credits

	Sioux (Translated by Dave Woods & Renate) - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McKay - Guitar Morris - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Dedicated to the celebrated photomontage artist of the Twenties/Thirties, John Heartfield, the original title for this song was 'Letter To Heartfield'. The chorus is taken from one of Goerring's speeches during the Second World War. SIOUXSIE: "It's a warning song. The whole propaganda of the Nazis at that time was very dangerous and it could easily creep its way in without there being all the hysteria of killing the Jews. Their whole propaganda could easily fit in today." How does she see this Metal Metropolis? "Not being able to get away from the commands of the day, not being able to escape, the idea of having cameras in your room and having people watching you..." Source: Melody Maker 21/10/78 SIOUXSIE: "What lies around the swastika I hate, but I also don't identify with blind patriotism either. I couldn't write a song based around Heartfield if I had that attitude." Source: Melody Maker 17/02/79



	Drop Dead/Celebration Lyrics

	Drop dead You stinking little creep Drop dead With your emotions so cheap Your poisoned mind It's disgusting everyone We don't care If you vanish in thin air Drop dead Oh, it's a dead drop Oh you're a dead lot Drop dead You should be put Down down into the ground Amongst the worms And other spineless things Don't you see You're embarrassing to me I can't stand That boring whiny sound Drop dead Oh, it's a dead drop You're a dead lot Drop dead You're so pathetic An insipid, dried up slug Keep your mouth shut, You impotent little slut I'm so ashamed To be connected with your name You're so lame I wish you'd go up in a flame Drop dead It's a dead drop You're a dead lot Drop dead Those words Tight-lipped and mealy-mouthed It wasn't hard To realise that they were lies Judging from the flies You've attracted from the skies Ooo just get lost--fuck off And disappear into the compost Drop dead Stinking little creep Drop dead Drop dead Celebration...celebration...

	Drop Dead/Celebration Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Melodica Severin - Bass McGeoch - Guitar Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	A scathing attack on deserters Kenny Morris & John McKay.



	Eve White/Eve Black Lyrics

	It hurts There's a pain in my head I wish it would stop But it never stops I can feel it coming I'm getting weaker Please help me I'm getting weaker Oooo, I'm getting weaker Please help me I wish I could Help myself Let me out of here I belong out there Son of a bitch Son of a bitch Let me out of here I belong out there Never say die I must never die Let me out of here I belong out there You son of a bitch I'll pull your hair Let me out of here I belong out there You son of a bitch I'll pull your hair Never say die Never say I never must I must never say die Let me out of here I belong out there You son of a bitch

	Eve White/Eve Black Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Piano Severin - Bass & Drumbox Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Based on a real woman Christine Sizemore who suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder. The inspiration for this song was the book I'm Eve by Christine Costner - Sizemore & Elen Sain - Pittillo. Written after reading The Three Faces Of Eve by Thigpen & Cleckley Source: Zigzag 05/80 & The File, Phase One.



	Red Over White Lyrics

	The woods and the town Covered in snow All transformed to a fairytale Like the fresh page of a book opened up Ready Waiting For the story to begin For your role in this scene Objects in black ink Fringed in white Breathing and living And anticipating A colour All transformed to a fairytale Unreal and inviting Inviting you to step in And follow the path never-ending You're now leaving imprints And somehow expecting Expecting someone Maybe the prince in disguise Suffering a snow queens curse But you're wrong of course It's in reverse Out in the snow Muffled The last silent night The last sacrifice Red running over white Red running over white Red running over white Red running over white Running red over white Running red over white Red over white Red over white Red over white Israel, Israel

	Red Over White Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McGeoch - Guitar Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Partly inspired by The Benefactor, a short horror story by Walter Winward.



	Follow The Sun Lyrics

	Scarecrow grins he's growing very tall Growing tall under the golden sun The golden sun Growing with the children of the corn Sending out the message of a strange tongue A message of the sun Young skin stretched thin over a flawless grin The crimson spilling golden crops of hair Spilling everywhere Watch the children of the corn follow One by one they're following the sun Got to run Following the sun on the run Following the sun Don't be ashamed of what you've done You must not run Follow the sun

	Follow The Sun Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McGeoch - Reverse Solo Guitar Budgie - Dry Drums & Arid Percussion



	Slap Dash Snap Lyrics

	Shiny, shiny pieces Shut your mouth Pass the parcel Pass the castle Kill the Queen With little shiny razors Black, shiny razors Cutthroat finger Rain red, rain red Towers open fire

	Slap Dash Snap Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voices & Faders Severin - Drumbox McGeoch - Stutter Guitar Nigel Gray - Loops & Faders

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Musically by Velvet Underground's song 'Murder Mystery' and lyrically by a film called Towers Open Fire . Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Supernatural Thing

	Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Your love your love your love is a supernatural thing When we touch it gives me some funny feeling in my brain I'm so possessed by your love sometimes I don't even know my name When we kiss you know you make me hot I break out sometimes in little bitty green spots You give me give me what you got But don't stop it now 'cause I need a lot Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Interplanetary, extraordinary oh I like it Interplanetary, extraordinary oh I like it, I like it You give me constant feeling every time I squeeze you Your love so electrifying so satisfying Lord knows I ain't lying Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Interplanetary, extraordinary oh I like it Interplanetary, extraordinary oh Supernatural Thing Interplanetary, extraordinary Supernatural Thing



	Conga Congo

	Oh Six-foot high In the sky Jive and jibe Watutsi tribe Oh Watch the Conga eel Squeeze with deadly steel His next Congo meal Oh Carramba, carramba Congo Conga We can do the can can To the Congo Conga Oh Bow down to Mau Mau Whilst humming the Congo Conga Now we say meow to the nasty Mau Mau Deep in the heart of this quagmire Danced the Congo Conga Vipers of Zaire Raised heads and shook the fear Oh Carramba, carramba Congo Conga We can do the can can To the Congo Conga Oh La la la-oh Six-foot high In the sky Jive and jibe Watutsi tribe Please don't cry Watutsi tribe You're still high Up in the sky La la la-oh We can do the can can Do the Congo Conga Lyrics: Sioux



	Supernatural Thing Lyrics

	Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Your love your love your love is a supernatural thing When we touch it gives me some funny feeling in my brain I'm so possessed by your love sometimes I don't even know my name When we kiss you know you make me hot I break out sometimes in little bitty green spots You give me give me what you got But don't stop it now 'cause I need a lot Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Interplanetary, extraordinary oh I like it Interplanetary, extraordinary oh I like it, I like it You give me constant feeling every time I squeeze you Your love so electrifying so satisfying Lord knows I ain't lying Your love your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Your love your love your love is a supernatural thing Interplanetary, extraordinary oh I like it Interplanetary, extraordinary oh Supernatural Thing Interplanetary, extraordinary Supernatural Thing

	Supernatural Thing Credits

	Gwen Guthrie/Patrick Grant - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass McGeoch - Guitar Budgie - Drums & Percussion



	Congo Conga Lyrics

	Oh Six-foot high In the sky Jive and jibe Watutsi tribe Oh Watch the Conga eel Squeeze with deadly steel His next Congo meal Oh Carramba, carramba Congo Conga We can do the can can To the Congo Conga Oh Bow down to Mau Mau Whilst humming the Congo Conga Now we say meow to the nasty Mau Mau Deep in the heart of this quagmire Danced the Congo Conga Vipers of Zaire Raised heads and shook the fear Oh Carramba, carramba Congo Conga We can do the can can To the Congo Conga Oh La la la-oh Six-foot high In the sky Jive and jibe Watutsi tribe Please don't cry Watutsi tribe You're still high Up in the sky La la la-oh We can do the can can Do the Congo Conga

	Congo Conga Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass & Machine Flange McGeoch - Pennywhistle Guitar Budgie - Zulu Drums, Percussion & More Drums



	Coal Mind Lyrics

	Two black holes staring From deep in the coal mind Murder in mind, murder deep in the coal mine Aphids and triffids bump mad into earwigs Eating their way-through the green brain vegetation Mutter mutter eyelids wonder Twitching in time to troubled slumber Oh Mutter mutter eyelids wonder Twitching in time to troubled slumber Come mine this coal mind Come mind this coal mine It's dark in here and it's been a long time In need of ignition In need of nutrition There's famine in mind There's murder in mind Blank sockets squinting from the hot coals scorching More holes in the coal mind The pit is imploding Headlines and hook lines bump blind into lifelines Murder in mind, someone throw him a line Murder in mind, someone throw him a line Oh Madonna Medusa I spy a loser Madonna Medusa I spy a loser Madonna Medusa I spy.....a loser Ignition nutrition and now ventilation A sigh of relief from deep in the coal mind Gun blew his roof off Gun blew his roof off Gun blew his roof off Stopped murder in mind Murder in mind Oh Madonna Medusa I spy a loser Madonna Medusa I spy a loser Madonna Medusa I spy.....

	Coal Mind Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Chorus & Vibrato Basses McGeoch - Carbon Guitar Budgie - Seamless Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:

	The book The Green Brain by Frank Herbert. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	We Fall Lyrics

	Screaming blue and tangerine Come and join this crazy dream Of Vampire kites Painted white Trails of Vampire kites Torsos painted white They're all around So don't make a sound See sparks of sparkling green See waves of tangerine Please don't scream In this dream See a tiny box of silver See a flaming glove of amber We start to fall At the beginning of a fall... They say when you hit the bottom You don't wake up at all Not at all We start to fall..

	We Fall Credits

	Severin/Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Drone Basses & Fender Rhodes McGeoch - Vampire Guitar Budgie - Live Soundcheck Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:

	Falling/dying in your sleep. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Cannibal Roses Lyrics

	Listening to their murmurings Trespassing through the topiary Lulled by siren perfumes Of their seductive petal openings Cannibal roses Enticing out noses With exotic aromas Then they bite off our noses Whilst stood on our toeses Red snappers and finger pops Fighting off psycho pomps Ring a ring a roses Cannibal roses It’s been one of those mornings They came with no warning It’s been one of those mornings They came

	Cannibal Roses Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass & Carnivorous Piano McGeoch - Fly Guitar Budgie - Acid-drop Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:

	"About this time strange things were happening around me. I swear that a giant sunflower started to grow outside my first floor flat in Queens Park. It's head used to peer in the window at me when it thought I wasn't looking. Life imitating art" (Siouxsie) Source: Downside Up Booklet.



	Obsession II

	Instrumental

	Obsession II Credits

	Sioux - Voice, Breath, Tubular Bells & Claps McGeoch - Phantom Guitar Budgie - Foot stomp, Claps, Rain & Chains Anne Stephenson & Ginny Ball - Strings



	Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant Lyrics

	Il est ne le divin enfant Jouez hautbois resonnez mussettes Il est ne le divin enfant Chantons tous son avenement Depuis plus quarte mille ans Que nous le promettent Les prophetes Il est ne le divin enfant Chantons tout haut cet heureux temps

	Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant Credits

	Sioux - Voice McGeoch - Trumpet, Guitar & Keyboards Budgie - Orchestral Snare, Drums & Cymbals



	A Sleeping Rain

	Instrumental

	A Sleeping Rain Credits

	Sioux - Xylophone & Tubular Bells Severin - Bass & AMS McGeoch - Liquid Guitars Budgie - Drums, Kalimba & Percussion



	Tattoo Lyrics

	When you're sitting all alone In the middle of the floor There's something uncontrollable As you sit there watching the door Colour me A warm feeling Tattooed on the inside Slap your thigh, slap your calf Sing your mantra, leave your mark Colour me Something fierce along my spine To scare the mad men from behind Fortify my arms With some snake like vines Colour me Colour me Colour me Like a stomach split in half By a surgeons cutting art Colours me Colours me Colours me When you're sitting all alone In the middle of the floor There's something uncontrollable As you sit there watching the door But tattooed on the inside A warm feeling inoculating Colours me Slap your thigh, slap your calf Sing your mantra, leave your mark Colour me

	Tattoo Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Harmonic & Drone Basses Budgie - Timbales, Snares, Piano and Vocal Percussion

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The film Tattoo. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	There's A Planet In My Kitchen Lyrics

	Oh there's a planet in my kitchen There's something funny in the soup Mop the floor, lock the door Flying saucers in the room Did you hear that fly? Knives and spoons of mountain dunes A freezer full of loony tunes Detergent bubbles There's millions of those buggers And there's a bucket in the moon Did the kitchen sink wink? Tornados of cornflakes And snowflakes Teacups in orbit Hello? Did you hear that fly? Well I'm not waiting any longer I'll just sneak back in the larder And wait Plant Kitchen's taken over There's a planet in my kitchen Now there's a kitchen in my plant Planet Kitchen's taken over It's taken over

	There's A Planet In My Kitchen Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voices & Cutlery Severin - Bass Smith - Guitar Budgie - Drums



	Let Go Lyrics

	Nautical mile stretch out for years A space walk, untethered, let go of your fears A pioneering seed with every step you breathe Walks away from the crouching shuttle And the countdown probe Around the globe says let go Machine in charge with the wry smile flickers On his red and blue dials Nautical miles stretch out the years The back pack suffocation with your creeping fears And the countdown probe Around the globe Just let's go On an endless limbo And the countdown probe Around the globe Just let's go Let Go

	Let Go Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Piano Budgie - Drums & Apollo DX7

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The film '2001: A Space Odyssey. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	The Humming Wires Lyrics

	The humming wires On the telegraph lines The piebald tyres Race on the heated track There's a burning message It's the latest news The humming wires Will relay it soon Did you hear the news? Did you hear the news?

	The Humming Wires Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Telegraph Guitar Severin - Guitar & Organ Budgie - Drums & Scrap Metal



	I Promise Lyrics

	When the samurai cries It's like an unloved child And when the sad child sighs You can hear the sound of lovers' cry Lovers' cry Wait until the dark For the night dog's bark When the ravens beat their wings On broken promises I promise, I promise I promise, I promise When a promise lies, It's like a friend that dies When a flame has died All you can do is sigh Oh sigh Sigh, oh, sigh, sigh! And when the samurais dies Oh loveless child And the nightingale sighs At the saddened, blackened sky You will hear the sound of lovers' cry You will hear the sound of lovers' cry On broken promises I promise, l promise I promise, I promise

	I Promise Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Music Box Severin - Guitar & Keyboards Budgie - Drums & Percussion



	Throw Them To The Lions Lyrics

	Come and meet deliverance Blind faith will set you free Eat the hand that feeds the host Easter man now bleed A burning bush, a burning bower Sitting pretty in your ivory tower Throw them to the lions Straying from the glory path Into salvation's jaws Mock the man that wears the crown Bless this night of claws Throw them to the lions Laughing in the ashes Like Nero razing Rome Your prophet mumbles nonsense Carved in blocks of stone Throw them to the lions

	Throw Them To The Lions Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass, Keyboards & Guitar Murray Mitchell - Howl Guitar Budgie - Double Drums



	An Execution Lyrics

	This is what she saw The unsuspecting horse was held fast to the ground Whilst some soldiers split open it's belly The guilty gypsy was shoved inside the horses 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

	An Execution Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Piano Severin - Piano, Bass & Drumbox Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Based on the 'myth' of Countess Bathory. "She (Siouxsie) was reading this book about Countess Bathory, called 'Was Dracula A Woman?' or something. She used to bath in the blood of virgins in the vain hope it would keep you young. (Carruthers) Source: Zigzag 12/85.



	Quarterdrawing Of The Dog

	Instrumental

	Quarterdrawing Of The Dog Credits

	Sioux - Piano & Whistle Severin - Bass Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums & Waterphone



	Lullaby Lyrics

	The lunacy will leave the day Luminous in flight As the moon spits out In jagged beams Another night Wrap around this brilliant veil Tranquil and unbroken As you spiral down A world of clay And taut convulsion The dream swan spins And cartwheel turns Down deep within your violet slide The sun begins to rise Shaking down its morning swords To thaw your frozen eyes The dream swan spins And so conceals A heart that aches and yearns O hush awhile Sleepless child I'll be watching over you

	Lullaby Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Piano Severin - Bass & Emulator Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	King Ludwig II, the 'mad king' of Bavaria. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Umbrella Lyrics

	Away from the dying rain, far away From the pain washed drains Under the darkening skies Now under protecting lines Beneath this unloved crimes Relief is a gentle sigh Dissolve these eyes so I may cry

	Umbrella Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums



	Shooting Sun Lyrics

	We’ve been waiting inside our fears Eyes that scorn you imprison you with tears Now awoken rise up your new age schemes Just like the shooting sun mirrors your golden dreams And we’ll wait for you ‘til dawn – ring it in To stare back at the eyes that scorn – ring it in We’ve been sinking with every step they spurn Now we’re thinking it’s time for them to burn Crept up slowly with a pocket full of beams Softly spoken ‘Take these eyes and see’ And we’ll curse the years of stone – it’s ringing in We’ll laugh in the eyes that scorn We’ll light them one by one touched by the shooting sun Flames run in golden streams echoing golden dreams We’ll kiss them one by one just like the shooting sun We’ll burst the ears of stone We’ll laugh in the eyes that scorn – ring it in We’ll light them one by one touched by the shooting sun We’ll kiss them one by one like my shooting sun My shooting son

	Shooting Sun Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Piano Severin - Bass & Emulator Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums



	Sleepwalking (On The Highwire) Lyrics

	You can see her now High as the Horizon Born into quicksand And raised on the mud Balancing on tiptoe Sharpened to the blow In a tangle of thunder Falling helplessly below Sleepwalking Sleepwalking on the high wire Sleepwalking Sleepwalking into the open palm of the empty sky You can't hurt her now You can't reach her at all A spiral of persuasion Twists until freefall Balancing on tiptoe Angles plush and slow An accident of circus Falling helplessly below Sleepwalking Sleepwalking on the high wire Sleepwalking Sleepwalking into the open palm of the empty sky

	Sleepwalking (On The Highwire) Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Carruthers - Perpetual Guitar Budgie - Drums & Emu Percussion

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The title was inspired by the film Trapeze. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	She Cracked Lyrics

	When she was sensitive she understood me Well she understood you and me and things in 1943 She does all these things that I can't stand I get jealous when she stays with another man She cracked I'm sad but I wont She cracked I'm hurt you're right Well she cracked I wont She did things that I don't She self destruct necessary to self enjoy I self developed necessary to self help and She cracked I'm sad but I wont She cracked I'm hurt you're right Well she cracked I wont She did things that I don't She eat garbage eat shit and get stoned I stay alone Eating health food at home She cracked I'm sad but I wont She cracked I'm hurt you're right and She cracked I'm sad but I wont She cracked I'm hurt but alright And she cracked I'm sad but I wont She cracked I'm hurt but alright

	She Cracked Credits

	Jonathon Richmond - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums



	She's Cuckoo Lyrics

	Wryneck laughter from gatherings of stony chit-chat As the Sea Swallows a golden eye beneath this black hat A Scarlet Stealer, oo it's a cardinal sin Blue Jay taker grabs your heart from within Dab chick dipper do a thick kneed turn Rough legged Buzzard watch the Butcher bird burn Cuckoo, she's cuckoo for you Night Jar purring, like a sewing machine Ah shear water keeps this Kingfisher clean I'm a Black Throated Diver, a Cherry Tree Creeper Wax your wings now I'm a Turnstone Leaper Oh scratch your white throat with a razor bill Red Back shrikes 'neath the Yellow Hammer drill Cuckoo, she's cuckoo for you Oyster Catcher in the still of the night Hooded Crow spirals like a Merlin Kite Chiff-chaff chokes silent as a low Pintail Stormcock screams into the teeth of a gale Tie bunting knots around a Goatsucker hear a toy-to" oh hear it chucker-chucker

	She's Cuckoo Credits

	Budgie - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Piano Severin - Bass & Keyboards Budgie - Organ, Drums & Percussion

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Originally titled 'He's Cuckoo', Budgie is inspired by the 'cuckoo' noise that emanates from his boiling kettle one morning, leafs through his Observer Book Of Birds and writes the lyrics.



	Something Blue Lyrics

	In midnight guise these cobalt eyes Pierce the indigo skies Filtering through a Prussian army Paints a royal hue Forget-me-nots and violet flames weave titanium chains Of sapphire days and turquoise dreams In floating ultra-marine Something blue--something sparkling through Out of the blue, I'm reminded of you Forget-me-nots and violet flames weave titanium chains Of sapphire days and turquoise dreams In floating ultra-marine Something blue--something sparkling through Out of the blue, I'm reminded of you

	Something Blue Credits

	Siouxsie - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Keyboards & Sequencing Budgie - Emu Choir & Emu Guitar



	The Whole Price Of Blood Lyrics

	Oh how could do it? A murderous crime A murderous wounding How could you allow it? After time that's been passing Time should be wisening A law that was written In the blood of your victims Born out of pure resentment And what of your baby daughters And what of these shameless slaughters Lying buried in the sand? Oh how could you do it? A murderous past That preys on the helpless How could you allow it? Such cruel and vile blades To tear at such tender flesh And loose the knot From your tongue Where evil is the resting place And so it shall only be the single cry Five senses shall be The whole price of blood Foot by foot, wound by wound The whole price of blood Hand for hand, strike for strike The whole price of blood Oh how could you do it? Oh how could you allow it?

	The Whole Price Of Blood Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass & Keyboards Smith - Sitar Budgie - Drums & Percussion

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Based on a episode from a series called 20/20 Vision Siouxsie saw about a female version of amnesty, called 'Les Sentinelle', "They rescue women who are trapped in certain religious climates in the Middle East, religions that view any kind of pre-marital sexual aspersion as punishable by death - either by the hand of the eldest brother, or by public stoning". A sister piece to 'Swimming Horses'. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Mechanical Eyes Lyrics

	Driverless and circling car Runs over its owner Five accidents Man on fish diet grows scaly skin Crippled dog helps boy to walk again Five accidents Mechanical eyes to the blind Mechanical eyes to the blind Ah milk without the cows, honey without the bees Do you laugh your greatest powers away? Ah blink, blink Mechanical eyes Mechanical eyes Five accidents Ah blink, blink

	Mechanical Eyes Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Budgie - Synthesizer, Blues Harp, Drums & Percussion

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Headlines taken directly from New York newspaper 'The National Examiner'. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	False Face Lyrics

	Smiling, beguiling Dejected grace Haunts this false face When a saw can sing To make a hang man swing When a shark can grin Make this crocodile cry Whispered lies And snide asides Cover run and hide Your lying eyes That trick disguise It slips and slides On the other side Your false face guise Deceive the pain To smile again That familiar ring Of a chagrin sting My deadly butterfly My sobbing crocodile These expressions leave me cold And this charade is oh so old A no feature smear Of a death skull leer With a Judas kiss Cover run and hide In a catchpenny mist Your lying eyes

	False Face Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Glitter Guitar Budgie - Glam Drums McCarrick - Keyboards



	Catwalk Lyrics

	Catwalk

	Catwalk Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Purrfect Voice Severin - Prowling Bass Klein - 'Gnasher' Guitar Budgie - Drums, Bin Lids & Jaw's Harp McCarrick - Aristocratic Keyboards

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	"Whilst mixing 'Peepshow' deep in the heart of Soho at the now defunct Marquee studio which was accessed via an old dark alleyway. Every night, long after midnight with great ceremony, a 'lady of the night' on her way home from 'work' would stop to feed the local felines who would miraculously appear from out of the shadows on time". (Siouxsie). Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Something Wicked (This Way Comes) Lyrics

	Something strange is happening My bones do ache and my ears they do ring I can pull and tear my skin I hear its smell and I want to scream A whispering and a scratching to be let in From outside and from within By the pricking of my thumbs Something Wicked this way comes There's something evil on the wind Something wicked is fast approaching Rushing through a hidden wing Nothing good is what's in store It's nothing new and it's rotten to the core And a-howling at my door We're dragged helpless in the undertow The quicksand's surround and swallow us whole Ah stroll stroll ah stroll stroll For Jonah and the whale By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes Just around the bend Rushing on the wind Here it comes Here it comes

	Something Wicked (This Way Comes) Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Disturbed Drums McCarrick - Cello

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Song title taken from a Ray Bradbury novel and film adaptation of the same name.



	Are You Still Dying Darling? Lyrics

	Are you still dying darling? Are you still in pain? Are you still crying? Despite the morphine in your veins? A fluorescent haze hangs and for a second Makes you invisible but you try in vain To reach out through the life-support machine And all the multicoloured tubes that pump and drain Are you still dying darling? Are you still dying darling? All this wasting away All this prolonged misery and all this Stripping away your dignity is killing me That expression on your face Pleading through your agony Are you still dying darling? Are you still sighing? Shall I end it for you? You'll see I'll make it easy for you Just one link and I'll help you to break through When never-never land beckons to you You can dance with Peter Pan Make rings around the moon Are you still dying darling? Are you still dying darling? No more injections No more medications No more complications for you I'll lessen the load for you No more, no more, no more No more are you still dying darling? Are you still dying darling?

	Are You Still Dying Darling? Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Cello

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Written about Ex manager Dave Woods Source: The Authorised Biography.



	El Dia De Los Meurtos Lyrics

	It's all soul's day I hear you say It's all soul's day And you've come to play For the lost ones The unadorned ones here today El Dia de Los Muertos El Dia de Los Muertos Bailamos, bailamos El Xantalo! Kiss the bride Dance with me Come rattle these bones Come and shake my tree Embrace me irreverently Now with marigolds Shower me There is more time than life One never dies twice There is more time than life One never dies twice Wearing quetzai plumes Through eight underworlds Death comes shining A thousand bright colors And music out of this world Serenades to bony twirls Me lleva el diablo la muerte va de viaje Esta es musica del otro mundo Buenos noches y adios Hasta luego mis amigos See you in heaven Or see you in hell All will be levelled all will be well Buenos noches y adios Hasta luego mis amigos See you in heaven See you in hell All will be level all will be well Bailamos, bailamos El Xantolo! Me lleva el diablo La muerte va de viaje Esta es musica del otro mundo

	El Dia De Los Meurtos Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Glitter Guitar Budgie - Drums & 'Mundo' Vox Percussion McCarrick - Piano

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	An exhibition called 'Day Of The Dead' by Posadas at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Sunless

	Instrumental

	Sunless Credits

	Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Keyboards



	Staring Back Lyrics

	My face in the window has become The face of a woman I never knew My face in the window has become The face of a woman who never knew me Now this ringing in my ears Sends me spinning down the years And I really need to know Who is she? Who is she? Now this ringing in my ears Sends me spinning down the years And I really need to know Who is she? Who is she? Staring back Staring back at me Who is she? Staring back Staring back at me Who is she?

	Staring Back Credits

	Budgie - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Keyboards Klein - Guitar Budgie - Organ & Drums McCarrick - Cello



	Return Lyrics

	Wonder where that plane is leading to Wonder where that boat will ever stop Wonder if this path I am treading Will disappear and let me drop Down to a hell that's surely waiting Down to the hell I know that I deserve Even though the spirit is willing The flesh is blackened to the deepest nerve When will you learn The hurting it will return When will you ever learn This feeling is all you can discern Oh my heart it is so broken More than waves upon the golden sand Fly my love on wings of mute confusion And never ever land When will you learn When will you ever learn The hurting it will return This feeling is all you can discern When will you learn When will you ever learn This feeling is all you can discern The hurting always will return Return

	Return Credits

	Budgie/Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Cello



	Spiral Twist Lyrics

	Home is where the rain is soft and soothing Home is where the comfort is confusing Taste of cordite burning bridges Swallowing tracks across my head Home is moving in the wrong direction Animated statue eyes are blinking Reflex of asphyxiated thinking Suspended, submerged badly disrupted Out of touch I'm out of reach Struck by a car Crushed by a tree Fork in my palm Glass in my spleen I snap the rope snap the wrists Here in the ether the spiral twists This is the time when our minds begin stalking Jammering on when our lips have stopped talking Simple people, simple needs Fingers finger endless beads Tolling benediction bell Hear this earthly spiral swell Home is moving in the wrong direction

	Spiral Twist Credits

	Budgie - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Catechistic Guitar Budgie - Drums, TR808 & Rosary Percussion McCarrick - Keyboards



	Sea Of Light Lyrics

	I float quietly Without a sound Forever and ever 'til the end of time And see myself lying still at the scene of the crime Lying still at the scene of the crime Like blood in the body Like wind in the water I passed over to the sea of light Follow me into to the sea of light The sea of light The miracle step off the rainbow's edge Let it rain down let it descend Riding on a river of stars The heaven's open at the tunnel's end Like blood in the body Like wind in the water I passed over to the sea of light Follow me into to the sea of light Like blood in the body Like wind in the water Let it rain down let it descend Sea of light The sea of light

	Sea Of Light Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Keyboards Budgie - TR808 McCarrick - Keyboards

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Deals with the subject of 'near death' experiences. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	I Could Be Again Lyrics

	Through growing 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 that take ten lifetimes Will pass without a reason To be again, I could be again To be again, I could be again Rising up, the notion of rejuvenation Oh yes, I could be again I could be again Rising up, I could be again Taking form a complete transformation Just us the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark This minute will last a day these days will last for years And those years that take ten lifetimes well I won't let disappear To be again, I could be again To be again, I could be again Growing in the dark From such a tiny spark It's me again I could be again It's me again I could be again

	I Could Be Again Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Guitar Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The lyric 'Just us, the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark' is a actually a line quoted by Gloria Swanson at the end of the film Sunset Boulevard.



	Hothead Lyrics

	Now most of the guys are just regular guys. Out to make some money, and that's it. I mean, they may get hot-headed sometimes, but that's not dangerous. It's a business; I'm running a business. And that's not dangerous, is it?

	Hothead Credits

	Budgie - Lyrics Severin - Sequencing Klein - Guitar Budgie - Meta Vox McCarrick - Keyboards & Cello

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	A news paper report on Manchester's growing guns and drug problem. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	B Side Ourselves Lyrics

	Release the angels Go on release them Rose petal squadrons The bees are swarming Warming your cold skin Such a womanly man Such a boyish girl Clutching at strings Of blackened pearls Warming your cold sting Didn't they teach you anything at all? Something's not better than nothing at all B side ourselves B side ourselves B side ourselves Now you belong Where we belong Into the landslide Clandestine beside the real world Raw senses bring us beside ourselves Instincts to guide us through this foggy world We're beside ourselves B side ourselves B side ourselves B side B side B side B side ourselves B side ourselves B side ourselves

	B Side Ourselves Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Guitar Severin - Bass Klein - Picked Acoustic & Electric Drill Guitar Budgie - Acoustic Riff Guitar & Drums McCarrick - Cello



	Swimming Horses Lyrics

	Falling in your Falling in your In your arms In your arms Fish on a line learns to live on Dry land Thrown back again to drown Kinder with poison Than pushed down a well Or a face burnt to hell Feel the cruel stones Breaking her bones Dead before born Words fall in ruins But no sound She's dying of your shame She's maimed by your pain He gives birth to swimming horses He gives birth to swimming horses Fish on a line But back in the water to drown We drown Floating in sky He gives birth to swimming horses He gives birth to swimming horses Take a ride on the tide With the assassin at your side This weightlessness under water Forgets in slow motion And washes pointless tortures He gives birth to swimming horses He gives birth to swimming horses Floating in sky like fishes can fly Through your arms

	Swimming Horses Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums & Percussion McCarrick - Keyboards

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Based on a episode from a series called 20/20 Vision Siouxsie saw about a female version of amnesty, called 'Les Sentinelle'. "They rescue women who are trapped in certain religious climates in the Middle East, religions that view any kind of pre-marital sexual aspersion as punishable by death - either by the hand of the eldest brother, or by public stoning". (Siouxsie) Source: Melody Maker 17/10/92.



	All Tomorrow's Parties Lyrics

	And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties A hand-me-down dress from who knows where To all tomorrow's parties And where will she go and what shall she do When midnight comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns To all tomorrow's parties And what will she do with Thursday's rags When Monday comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown For whom none will go mourning A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown Of rags and silks, a costume Fit for one who sits and cries For all tomorrow's parties

	All Tomorrow's Parties Credits

	Lou Reed - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums & Percussion McCarrick - Keyboards



	Hang Me High Lyrics

	Set me up with the bells in the tower And beat them hour after hour Do the bonds that seal your lips Intone the penance as you slip Into another night of bleeding flowers? And in that final sinful moment Were you just seeking love’s pretender? Does loss of loss become the gain? Empires stagger on words profane The voice of blood cries out Exaltation - exaltation! Hang me high Take this halo and bury it deep Take this head and put it to sleep Take this breast and bone to keep Take this sword and leap Hang me high Burn body burn and throw it away With the ashes of some forgotten saint With some forgotten martyr - sweet believer Take me take me and sleep take me keep some Do not weep - do not weep Hang me high

	Hang Me High Credits

	Budgie - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Keyboards

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	A newspaper story about the stigmata marks of a young Italian girl and her ordeal at the hands of the Catholic Church. Source: Downside Up liner notes.



	Black Sun Lyrics

	Uh oh here it comes and I'm struck twice By Lightening bolts straight out the blue Like a storm of steel inside of me An elemental hymn of sorcery Uh oh here it comes and I'm bewitched By creeping claw from volcano core Searching out my dormant head I feel an ugly head start to rear Black sun deep as emptiness Black sun beyond the skies Uh oh here it comes and I'm possessed There's no refuse no shelter here For all the urges I'd thought interred No sanctuary no none are spared Black sun spirits deranged Black sun beyond the skies Once more demons plunge Back to shadows stain And leave my nerves full drunk on blood 'Til just this mist of sound remains Uh oh here it comes my black sun Uh oh here it comes my black sun Uh oh here it comes my black sun Uh oh here it comes my black sun

	Black Sun Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Klein - Guitar Budgie - Drums McCarrick - Keyboards

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The song title comes from the biography of the same name of American poet Harry Crosby. A song concerning the dark cloud of depression. Source: Downside Up liner notes



	Overground Lyrics

	Got to give up life in this netherworld Gonna go up to where the air is stale And live a life of pleasantries Mingle in the modern families Overground from abnormality Overboard for identity Overground for normality Overboard-an identity This limbo is no place To be a digit in another space In another crowd I'm nameless bound Overground from abnormality Overboard for identity Overground for normality Overboard an identity Overground I'll be worse than me Overground it's clear to me I'll be worse than me

	Overground Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums The Chandos Players - Strings

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	"...It was written at a time when we were all getting desperate for a contract... and it's really to do with why we wanted a major record deal." (Severin) Source: Record Mirror 09/12/78.



	Placebo Effect Lyrics

	You dip your hands into my flesh And say you won't reveal a scar I must have faith in this procedure It's a miracle, It's a wonder A thousand hidden needles In a thousand covered nerves Stick pins in my receptacles Look to your Voodoo doll, your mojo Staying alive at five For you to cure my ailments Another soul is saved With your bogus medications Which colour shall we have today? Depends on how I feel you say Consult your research on the media See blue will calm my hysteria Staying alive at five For you to cure my ailments Another soul is saved With your bogus medications Staying alive at five With your empty containers Another corpse ornaments your waiting room A placebo effect reversed Will you ever regret, the placebo effect Can you ever forget, the placebo effect

	Placebo Effect Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums The Chandos Players - Strings

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	"Placebo Effect" came from hearing a programme on Capitol Radio, when one of the station's resident Kildares was discussing the kind and colour of medicaments that different nations most favour. Apparently the UK goes for pills while the French like suppositories and the Italians injections. Source: Melody Maker 17/02/79.



	Red Over White Lyrics

	The woods and the town Covered in snow All transformed to a fairytale Like the fresh page of a book opened up Ready Waiting For the story to begin For you're all in a scene Objects in black ink Fringed in white Breathing and living And anticipating A colour All transformed to a fairytale Unreal and inviting Inviting you to step in And follow the path never-ending You're now leaving imprints And somehow expecting Expecting someone Maybe the prince in disguise Suffering a snow queen curse But you're wrong of course It's in reverse Out in the snow Muffled The last silent night The last sacrifice Red running over white Red running over white Red running over white Red running over white Running red over white Running red over white Red over white Red over white Red over white

	Red Over White Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Carruthers - Guitar Budgie - Drums Ginny Ball & Anne Stephenson - Strings

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Partly inspired by The Benefactor, a short horror story by Walter Winward.