Kaleidoscope Credits

KALEIDOSCOPE ERA - CREDITS


	Drop Dead/Celebration Eve White/Eve Black Happy House Tenant Trophy Hybrid Clockface Lunar Camel Christine Desert Kisses Red Light Paradise Place Skin Arabia Sitting Room Israel Red Over White



	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.



	Happy House Lyrics

	This is the happy house We're happy here In the happy house Oh it's such fun We've come to play In the happy house And waste a day In the happy house It never rains We've come to scream In the happy house We're in a dream In the happy house We're all quite sane This is the happy house We're happy here There's room for you If you say "I do" But don't say no Or you'll have to go We've done no wrong With our blinkers on It's safe and calm If you sing along This is the happy house We're happy here In the happy house To forget ourselves And pretend all's well There is no hell

	Happy House Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass & Vocals Budgie - Drums, Harmonica & Vocals McGeoch - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: 'Happy House' started off as a title, as a name for our fan club, the Happy House you see, and it became a song. It was the first thing we wanted to record and we had the bass, drums and vocals worked out for it so we used it in auditions as a test. So no-one did anything off pat, it was used as a guide to try out new guitarists and they had to work out their own sound." Source: Sounds 05/04/80. SIOUXSIE: I got an idea for a song. It's really just a happy song. The kind you make as you go along when you're happy, for no real reason. Y'know, when you're sitting in the bath or when you're walking home late at night." Source: Smash Hits 01/05/80. BUDGIE: "I think Happy House was where I really kind of, you know, started to say something about where I felt like, somewhere between Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and me." Source: Punk Top Ten Interview 08/06/0.



	Tenant Lyrics

	Squatting on doorsteps Following footsteps Nocturnal habits Are surveyed with interest So we crawl into corners Ignore any callers And imagine our radiators Cling to our neighbours When we crawl on all fours Upon the cushioned floor Still they cling to the walls And knock on our doors And the tenancy for tenants is tenacity The paint is cracked The paper peels The plaster falls And the body reels Softly Forty watt bulb Swing from a light cloud Our lawnmower groan The carpet has grown But they have eyes at the keyholes And ears at the walls They have eyes at the keyholes And ears at the walls And the tenancy for tenants is secrecy Sssssssh

	Tenant Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Acoustic Guitar Severin - Electric Guitar, Electric Sitar & Rhythm Box Budgie - Bass & Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Inspired by the Roman Polanski's film of the same name, exploring themes of alienation, isolation and a breakdown in modern communication. SEVERIN: "All our influences come from completely different areas. Yet we spend most of our life involved in this world in one way or another, albeit isolated maybe." Source: Option 03/98.



	Trophy Lyrics

	Head hunters, headshrinkers And long distance runners Dust gathers on momentous Dust gathers on proud moments Young voices grow thick and old The cheers are distant wearing thin Take it to the wall To be hung on the wall To be viewed by all A tribute in the grand hall Yes they're locked away And polished every day For the maintenance man In the back of a van Oh young voices grow thick and old The cheers are distant wearing thin Take it to the wall To be hung on the wall To be viewed by all A tribute in the grand hall Oh break yourselves out From your showcase parties But you've been shut away too long You've been shut away too long Frightened faces in the rain Misplaced features run down the drain Oh wash away and start again Take it to the wall To be hung on the wall To be viewed by all A tribute in the grand hall

	Trophy Credits

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

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SEVERIN: "John and Kenny are going to recognise a few of the titles of the new songs, I think. Old lyrics that they've seen and turned their noses up at.... 'Trophy' was nearly on 'Join Hands'." Source: Zigzag 05/80.



	Hybrid Lyrics

	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 Crumpled shells in a heap, marked cheap Surrogate heads Of a no-no domain Shoulders form rows to make waves again Catch the next train When you walked through that door Marked "enter if you dare" Reasoned with a friend marked "do not bend" Bit on that finger marked "handle with care" A tear soiled your cheek A broken finger on the floor A mess in sawdust A shop window burst, no repairs It's a hybrid of me I'm a hybrid of he You're a misfit for me I'm a misfit for you in limbo Do you speak the lingo?

	Hybrid Credits

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

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: " ‘Hybrid’. . .that’s about what the name implies. That was formulated when we were on the last tour with Robert Smith, in soundchecks. Steve had the bass line and I had the lyrics. Budgie invented the drum beat." Source: Zigzag 05/80.



	Clockface

	Instrumental

	Clockface Credits

	Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass & Piano Budgie - Drums McGeoch - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The original title of this song was 'Kaleidoscope'. Source: The File Phase One



	Lunar Camel Lyrics

	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 I'll be there soon, over the moon I'll be there soon, over the moon Chasing a monsoon over the dune Oh fly me to the moon, get me there soon

	Lunar Camel Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice, Drona-Derian & Finger Symbols Severin - Bass & Rhythm Box Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	Written as the result of a dream Siouxsie had. SIOUXSIE: "I think a lot of interesting things come out in your dreams and sometimes you don't fully understand them and it's just the imagery or the suggestion from them that can lead you down a very interesting path." Source: The Sun Webchat 2003. SEVERIN: "Dreams have always been important in the work of the band. Around the time of 'Kaleidoscope', Sioux had a period when she kept as notebook by her bed and started writing things down." Source: Deadline 08/91. SIOUXSIE: "People who consider dreams to be nothing to do with reality are being narrow-minded. At least a quarter of your life is dreaming; how can you dismiss it? You're a fool not to be affected by it. It's usually quite harrowing, and it's usually telling you something..." Source: Melody Maker 10/01/87. The working title of this song was 'Arabia'. Source: The File Phase One.



	Christine Lyrics

	She tries not to shatter, kaleidoscope style Personality changes, behind her red smile Every new problem brings a stranger inside Hopelessly forcing one more new disguise Christine The Strawberry Girl Christine Banana Split Lady Christine The Strawberry Girl Christine Banana Split Lady Singing sweet savages, lost in her world This big eyed girl sees their faces unfurl Now she's in purple, now she's the turtle Disintegrating Christine The Strawberry Girl Christine Banana Split Lady Christine The Strawberry Girl Christine Banana Split Lady

	Christine Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums McGeoch - 6 & 12 String Guitar & Fairfisa

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "It’s about Christine Seisnal (adopts country accent): She’s got twenty two personalities! She don’t know who to play with!" Source: Zigzag 05/80. STEVE: "All twenty two personalities had different names, which was a really good source for the lyrics - the Strawberry Girl, Banana-split Lady . . .they were either names by her or the family. There’s a book called The Three Faces Of Eve about her, which is more like a biography she wrote with a friend of hers from her childhood, a cousin. She turned out to go to college and become some sort of knob on psychiatry." Source: Zigzag 05/80. SIOUXSIE: "Part of that oppression comes over in our number ‘Christine’. She became a textbook case ‘cause of the traumas she’d been through as a child. She witnessed many violent acts." Source: Sounds 28/02/80.



	Desert Kisses Lyrics

	Desert kisses in the sand Engulfing joints, engulfing land Tidal fingers cling to rocks A deadly grip, a deadly lock Cursed and pissed into the ocean Willfully caused a great commotion But only for a stifled moment Then it was back to still life motion A sideways crawl, a sideways scrawl The cancer crab is on us all I kissed your face, I kissed the sand I heard you sigh there was no sound Thrashed and spat back at the ocean But there was nothing, no commotion Just my lonely stupid notions Trapped again in still life motion Sinking down-with just my sound Sinking down, running on the moving ground Sinking down Sinking down, without a sound Sinking down, sleeping on the moving ground Sinking down Desert kisses in the sand Engulfing joints, engulfing land Tidal fingers cling to rocks A deadly grip, a deadly lock Sinking down, the world is round Sinking down, there's no-one around Standing on the moving ground Sinking down, the world is flat There's no-one here to question that Sinking down, without a sound Sinking down Sinking down, the world was round Sinking down, there was no-one around Sinking down

	Desert Kisses Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums McGeoch - Guitar, Sitar & String Synth The Sirens - Backing Vocals

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "It’s Banshee-ballad. Not wet. It’s a romantic, lonely song. Casablanca. . ." Source: Zigzag 05/80. SIOUXSIE: "That's about a lonely cancer crab after the fallout." Source: Unknown source 1982.



	Red Light Lyrics

	She falls into frame with a professional pout But the Polaroid's ignite on seeing their subject And the aperture shuts Too much exposure Voyeur sucks into focus floodlit the glossy kiss pit But as emulsion drips down...down The aperture shuts Too much exposure Come into this room Come into this gloom See the Red light rinsing Another shutterslut wincing The sagging half wit sister pretty, pretty picture Of an ancient nipple shrinking that Kodak whore winking 'Till the aperture shuts Too much exposure

	Red Light Credits

	Severin - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Camera Severin - Synthesizers & Rhythm Box Budgie - Drums

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	The lyrics started out life as a piece of automatic writing by Steven, who then used cut ups which resulted in the phrases 'kodakwhore' and 'shutterslut'.



	Paradise Place Lyrics

	Look to the hills, now look at my face Do you notice my eyes, are they in the right place? There's a Mantovani backdrop To pucker up a tummy tuck A voice soft as lint Mashed up with shades of pink You can hide your genetics Under drastic cosmetics But this chameleon magic Is renowned to be tragic Look to the hills, now look at my face Do you notice my eyes, are they in the right place?

	Paradise Place Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Rhythm Guitar Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums Steve Jones - Lead Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "There's one song that I've recently done called 'Paradise Place' which is about plastic surgeons in the Beverley Hills, that operate a a cut price (slice), very cheap, and they end up messing up someone's features at the cost of how cheap it is." Source: Zigzag 05/80.



	Skin Lyrics

	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 it's skull Just a bitch in the manger To the balances of nature Cover me with skin And accuse me of sin But you know what I mean There's just too many of them Give me your skin For dancing in Hairless and streamline Fits like my own skin Tattooed and sun-dyed It's warm and it's human There was too many of them The animals like them Shame about the smell But they're fine Steeped in perfume Cover me with skin And accuse me of sin But you know what I mean There's just too many of them Give me your skin For dancing in

	Skin Credits

	Sioux - Lyrics Sioux - Voice & Melodica Severin - Bass Budgie - Drums Steve Jones - Guitar

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "It sounds really wet when you talk about animals, but it’s exactly the same sort of emotion that you feel when you read about a kid being battered to death, a really defenceless four year old kid and it’s been battered to death. It’s just unthinkable that they’ve been treated like a little doll and slung about. It builds up a real sense of how could they?" Source: NME 15/08/81. SIOUXSIE: "We’re against their pathetic arguments about the culls, saying there are too many animals. The one thing there is too much of is people". Source: New Women In Rock 1982.



	Israel Lyrics

	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 their singing, singing Waiting for a sign To turn blood into wine The sweet taste in your mouth Turn bitter in it's glass Israel, in Israel Israel, in Israel Shattered fragments of the past Meet in veins on the stained glass Like the lifeline in your palm Red and green reflects the scene Of a long forgotten dream There were princes and there were kings Now hidden in disguise Cheap wrappings of lies Keep your heart alive With a song from inside Even though we're all alone We are never on our own When we're singing, singing There's a man who's looking in And he smiles a toothless grin Because he's singing, singing See some people shine with glee But their song is jealousy Their hate is clanging, maddening In Israel, will they sing Happy Noel Israel, in Israel Israel, in Israel In Israel, will they sing Happy Noel

	Israel Credits

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

	Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment

	SIOUXSIE: "No it's not about religion as such, it’s more general. A disillusioned person, or whole race who’ve ceased to understand or believe in what they held to be the truth. It tries to put across, you shouldn’t cover what you feel inside by teaching or attitudes imposed on you. It emphasises the strength of the individual." Source: Sounds 28/02/81. SEVERIN: "We wanted to do a Christmas single, and to get it out on time we had to write it on the road, which was quite unusual for us. We wrote it in a hotel room in Amsterdam (11-12 October 1980), and it came together very quickly at the sound checks." Source: The Authorised Biography 2002. SIOUXSIE: " 'Israel' says that religion is good if it brings disillusioned people together, but without the dogma that usually goes with religion. Source: Trax 17/02/81. SIOUXSIE: "I don't have faith in organised religion. I believe that everyone is different and you've got to work out how to impress yourself, and you know that better." Source: Record Mirror 15/05/86.



	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.



	Arabia

	Instrumental



	Sitting Room

	Instrumental