SUPERSTITION

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LP/CD/CASSETTE

 
 
  UK CD Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  847731-2

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  UK LP Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  847731-1
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  UK Cassette Track Listing  
 
   
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Cat:  847 731-4
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  Released: 10/06/91  
  UK Chart: No. 25  
  US Chart: No. 65  
  Sleeve Design: Nigel Vichi/Banshees  
  Producer: Stephen Hague  
       

 

IMPORTS/PROMOS

 
 
  UK Promo CD Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  STB1

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Kiss Them For Me
Cry
Fear (Of The Unknown)
Silver Waterfalls
Softly
 
  UK Compact Case Promo CD Track Listing  
 
 
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Cat:  GEFD-24387DJ 
Cat:  PRO-CD-4260

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CD1
Kiss Them For Me
Fear (Of The Unknown)
Cry
Drifter
Little Sister
Shadowtime
Silly Thing
Got To Get Up
Silver Waterfalls
Softly
The Ghost In You
CD2
Kiss Them For Me (Edit)
Kiss Them For Me (7" Version)
 
       

 

PRESS

 
 
  NME 15/06/91  
 
 
 

Superstition Advert - Click Here For Bigger ScanWith the delicious 'Kiss Them For Me' gracing the Gallup Top 40 with a touch of real class, the release of Siouxsie & The Banshees' 10th studio LP could not have come at a better time.  'Superstition' is a giant of a record, casting a sinister shadow over the listener in true Banshee style.  'Silver Waterfalls', on side two, creates a particularly ethereal feel, allowing free flowing ambient nuances to lap gently against your hearing gear rather than dragging you through the carwash earlobes first.  Siouxsie has never given a tinker's cuss fro the opinions of others and this has meant that almost all Banshee work has displayed an unfettered defiance, with no sound too obscure or meaningless to warrant inclusion.  'Fear (Of The Unknown)' sees Siouxsie wailing her little heart out and stamping her authority over the band's shimmering noise with all the usual finesse, something she does to devastating effect throughout.  

Tim Southwell

 
 


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CREDITS

     
  Kiss Them For Me Lyrics  
 
 
 

It glittered and it gleamed
For the arriving beauty queen
A ring and a car
Now you're the prettiest by far

 No party she'd not attend
No invitation she wouldn't send
Transfixed by the inner sound
Of your promise to be found

Nothing or no one will ever make me let you down

Kiss them for me, I may be delayed
Kiss them for me,  if I am delayed

It's divoone, oh it's serene
In the fountains pink champagne
Someone carving their devotion
In the heart shaped pool of fame

Nothing or no one will ever make me let you down

Kiss them for me,  I may be delayed
Kiss them for me,  I may find myself delayed

On the road to New Orleans
A spray of stars hit the screen
As the 10th impact shimmered
The forbidden candles beamed

Kiss them for me,  I may be delayed
Kiss them for me,  I may find myself delayed
Kiss them for me,  Kiss them for me
Kiss them for me,  I may find myself delayed

 
     
  Kiss Them For Me Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
Talvin Singh - Tabla, Tavil & Taal
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  Jayne Mansfield was the inspiration behind the song 'Kiss Them For Me'.  "This song was sparked off by Jayne Mansfield's story.  She typified the dream that Hollywood holds for young women - a fairytale thing."  (Siouxsie)  Source: Record Hunter 12/92.  
     

 


     
  Fear (Of The Unknown) Lyrics  
 
 
 

I get the feeling, I'm not alone
I get the feeling, it's someone I don't know

Do you ever have the strange sensation
When you're standing mighty tall
To jump from 17 floors and crash into freefall
But then fear takes control
Fear of the unknown

Imagine two complete strangers
Who suspect they were meant to be
Both in need of love and affection
Yet their suspicions prevent something heavenly

Fear takes control
Fear of the unknown

Aware of what will hurt you
You're prepared to remain this way
So sad yet safe with your afflictions
Afraid to start a brand new day
 
We all get the strangest feeling
When we're standing mighty tall
To jump from 17 floors and crash into freefall

But then fear carries all
Fear of the unknown
Fear takes its toll
Fear of the unknown

 Aware of what will hurt you
You're prepared to remain this way
So sad yet safe with your afflictions
Afraid to start a brand new day

 
     
  Fear (Of The Unknown) Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     

 


     
  Cry Lyrics  
 
 
 

Cry for the bird with broken wings
Cry for the world that will not spin
Cry for the loss of innocence
Cry for a love, turned loveless

Sometimes I think of you, when I'm alone
Oh no cry

Nothing will ever be the same
All is ruined and put to shame
Tears and stars are one and the same
When I look up through my focused lens

But sometimes I think of you, when I'm alone
Oh no cry, tears and stars confide, collide then die
Deep inside tears run dry, but I cry and cry

Tiger skins and elephant tusks
In gilded mountains seep disgust
I look at you and I want to speak
For once in a while be a man and weep
'Cos all the dolphins and whales have gone
All good tidings and hopes have blown
All our nightmares are flying home
And it's too late to do anything but

Cry, tears and stars confide, collide then die
Deep inside tears run dry, but I cry and cry

 
     
  Cry Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     

 


     
  Drifter Lyrics  
 
 
 

Drifter, sleepwalk
Drifter, sleep talk
Awake to who is following
Moving like water
Moving, drifting on the wind
A drifter coming in
Then I dreamt that I awoke
And all around was asleep
With eyes in the back of my head
Awake to who is following,
Drifter coming in
Never touching down, never leaving ground
A twilight world in which we roam
Still we don't belong, drift on
At daybreak, we walk
At daybreak,  we talk
Ready to tear up the world
Drifter, sleepwalk
Drifter,  sleepwalk
Your everywhere is home
Yet you never take hold
Wanting to live everywhere
Not wanting to live anywhere
A twilight world in which you roam
Still you won't belong, drift on

 
     
  Drifter Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  How the wolves and Native Indians of America were both cast out by the arrival of the white man.  "Drifter has a special mood that we wanted to create like the ambience of Ennio Morricone's 'The Big Sleep'."  
     

 


     
  Little Sister Lyrics  
 
 
 

Here I sit in paradise
My head between my hands
Little sister, break your vow
Break down, the sacred side
Little sister, break the rules
Break me in two

Little sister, now you're gone
Let's just say it's a mercy kill
But little sister, you've left me
Howling at the moon

If you touched my heart
You might be surprised
You'd be paralysed
Will the free hand of captivity
Heal all of this brutality?

If you touched my heart
A truth might lie disguised
You'd be paralysed

If you touched my heart
You might be surprised
You'd be paralysed

Just once, little sister
Just once

 
     
  Little Sister Credits  
     
  Severin - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     

 


     
  Shadowtime Lyrics  
 
 
 

The voice asleep, the voice has vanished
From the top of the sky to the place below
Touch the surface and the mirror bends
Your words resound, out of control
Freeze into time now

Still inside, yet doubt survives
It all begins, beneath the skin
No one is near, no one will hear
Your changeling song take shape
In Shadowtime

Turn your wish to a vapour, the silhouette fades
Eclipse your blue eyes, and the outline remains
From the house of the moon to the stars up above
Amidst the comets, first sight of love
So begins the countdown

Falling sky, a solar sigh
It all begins, beneath the skin
No one is near, none will hear
Your changeling song takes shape
In Shadowtime

Shadowtime

Catching fire, taking hold
All that glisters leaves you cold
No one is near, no one will head
Your changeling song take shape
In Shadowtime
Shadowtime

 
     
  Shadowtime Credits  
     
  Severin - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     

 


     
  Silly Thing Lyrics  
 
 
 

Alone and left to ponder everything
Alone and left to puzzle out all the pain
Such a silly, silly, silly thing
You must catch it and cease it while you can

Accusations flying, colliding cheek to cheek
Button up your lip and think before you speak
Oh see him fly into a rage
See her crying in her tantrum cage
Too blind to halt this stupid game

Silly thing

Now all that's left is a feeling very grim
Alone and left to think about the stupid thing
Yes, she would fly into a rage
And he would cry in his tantrum cage
A replay of this dumb charade

Silly thing

I misunderstood you, I buried my head in sand
Please accept my feelings of remorse and take my hand
Such a silly thing can destroy a man
For such a silly thing to come between such friends
Is hard to imagine or believe
Silly thing

 
     
  Silly Thing Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     

 


     
  Got To Get Up Lyrics  
 
 
 

Got to get up, get into life
Got to get up and live this life
Got to get up and win this life

No more looking down, look up
Skyward up your eyes, devour the sun now

Gonna shake my bones gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing
I'm gonna shake my bones, gonna shed my skin
Shake out what's mine, shake out this thing

I've been here too long, now I'm up
Skyward up this song, devour the sun now

Bad luck you say, it's just not your day
But you've got to reach out, grab your destiny
Kick up the dust, kick up a storm
Kick out the past and take control

There's no-one else, it's up to you
Are you gonna wake up, or cry boo hoo?

No one else but you can rise up
you know what to do got to get up
No more looking down, look up
Come and claim your crown, got to get up
Got to get up

 
     
  Got To Get Up Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     

 


     
  Silver Waterfalls Lyrics  
 
 
 

Clouds roll by overhead
Like giant rays coast a dried up ocean bed
Dancing winds blow a parody
Of swirling currents in a long forgotten sea

Shimmer glimmer
Shimmer on me
The sparkling souls of dreaming children call
Shimmer glimmer
Shimmer on me
In streets that shine like silver waterfalls
In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
Shimmer on me (in sleep we grow)

We were here long ago
And now we roam like ghostly buffalo
First two lies then two tears
Subtle curves, now glistening souvenirs

In your eyes in the skies
In the blood burning Indian sunrise
Shimmer on me (awake and glow)
Shivering in silver waterfalls
Anoint me in silver waterfalls

 
     
  Silver Waterfalls Credits  
     
  Budgie - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     

 


     
  Softly Lyrics  
 
 
 

Softly into your broken veins
Softly into these broken dreams
Will you ever come home?
Will you ever be found?
Standing on shattered windowpane
Softly I whisper your name
Concealed in bedclothes of frosting cold
Softly the snowflakes start to fall
Fleecing the velvet skin
Suspended in frozen time
Icicles slowly drip outside
To the rhythm of your wounds here inside
I entered your dream, I entered your scheme
Softly to swim inside your veins
Softly in rippling cellophane
To float and glide in time
To the rushing in your brain
I wanted your lips, yes I wanted your kiss
So softly the moment had flown
My body outside yours
Softly collects the falling snow
And disappears far away
So softly

 
     
  Softly Credits  
     
  Sioux - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards
 
     
  Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment  
     
  SEVERIN:  I had a dream that I met Elvis and all he said to me was "Softly".  I also had this tape which I got in America.  It was shrinkwrapped to a paperback called 'Is Elvis Alive?' and was supposed to be him ringing from a payphone explaining how he'd survived and what he'd been doing.  There was nobody on the other end of the line.  At the beginning and end of 'Softly' you can just about make out a short wave radio with bits of this tape in it.  It's not important for people to know that, but it gives that atmosphere of something a bit more clairvoyant going on.  The lyrics are nothing to do with ElvisSource:  Deadline 08/91.
SIOUXSIE:  "Softly" was written in the rehearsal studio with just Martin (McCarrick) and Steve (Severin) playing something and me sort of part ad-libbing off of an idea that I had, and then us working it out together after we'd taped it and decided it was something worth doing.  Source:  Island ear 20/01/92.
 
     

 


     
  The Ghost In You Lyrics  
 
 
 

You awoke in a burning paper house
From the infinite fields
Of dreamless sleep

You return to Tiannammen
An eyewitness in a shroud
To see them fall, feel them yield
Reliving the terror of the crowd

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Just for a moment I seemed to know
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you

The whisper of your scream
Sighed through the air
And faith-the flag is torn and frayed

Inferno heat, glory in flame
Love was beaten and betrayed
In every step I hear your sobbing
Dare I break the shade with one caress?
Dare I trespass to lift the veil
To touch the lips so soft and frail?

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
Your captive heart, the belief you share
With a kiss eternal, the spirits of the square

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Hope remains with the ghost in you
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you
Don't let it blow
The ghost in you
The ghost in you

 
     
  The Ghost In You Credits  
     
  Severin - Lyrics
Sioux - Voice
Severin - Sequencing, Keyboards & Bass
Klein - Guitar
Budgie - Drums
McCarrick - Keyboards