song: christian says
album: everything!
band: tones on tail
england - 1988
in this age of frozen freaks
the only highs we get are low
in this age of cold relief
brings only what a way to go
with money in your pocket
you say wise and always free
but with that money in your pocket
you’ve got nowehere to go
song: antonin artaud
album: burning from the inside
band: bauhaus
england - 1983
one man’s poison another man’s meat
one man’s agony another man’s treat
artaud lived with his neck paced firmly in the noose
eyes black with pain,
limbs in cramps contorted
the theatre and its double
the void and the aborted
those indians wank on his bones.
song: hei pieni ihminen
album: ß룣â…
band: pyhät nuket
finland - 2003
song: just like heaven
album: kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
band: the cure
england - 1987
spinning on that dizzy edge
i kissed her face and kissed her head
and dreamed of all the different ways i had
to make her glow
“why are you so far away?” she said
“why won’t you ever know that i’m in love with you
that i’m in love with you”
+: the lyrics were written by the band’s frontman robert smith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife, mary poole.
song: lucretia, my reflection
album: floodland
band: the sisters of mercy
uk - 1988
i hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
get down, get undressed
get pretty but you and me,
we got the kingdom, we got the key
we got the empire, now as then,
we don’t doubt, we don’t take direction,
lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me
song: somebody
album: escape with romeo
band: escape with romeo
germany - 1989
i fell in love with my killer
this is hijacked emotion
throwing kisses with a machine gun
in the name of devotion
+: an excellent acoustic version here
song: primary
album: faith
band: the cure
england - 1981
the innocence of sleeping children
dressed in white
and slowly dreaming
stops all time
slow my steps and start to blur
so many years have filled my heart
i never thought I’d say those words
the further we go
and older we grow
the more we know
the less we show
+: the song appears to be about the disadvantages of growing older.
song: the pain song
album: this dollar saved my life at whitehorse
band: lucyfire
sweden / germany - 2001
what if the sky is always moonlit
when it all comes down to it
and no trillion zillion dollars
can break those chains and collars
what if love’s just methadon
if the battle’s already won
if I’m clean or in a purple haze
if my sleeves don’t hide an ace
