The Double Life letra

At the top of the stairs is a locked room
My secret chamber that no outsider views
For entry is forbidden prohibited
Behind this door is my other self
Not a picture in a frame nor a fresh disguise
But my other self
Immobile inert and sanguine
My narcissus kisses exhale crimson breath
And pump ruby to the lip
I stand before myself not Jekyll nor Hyde
Not sibling nor twin separated at birth
I stand before myself unaccountable


I dreamt that I had feet of clay
I dreamt I crossed the seven seas
And when I woke not knowing
I knew I led the double life


All I ever needed is twice removed
I spit my bile in an airless temper
In this vacuum a vampire reversed
This one who breathes life into me
And even dull mirrors reflect the tarnished twosome
I stand before myself not another me
Not Döppleganger nor witless clone
I stand before myself unrepentant


I dreamt of sin and aftermath
I dreamt of centuries laid bare
And when I woke not knowing
I knew I led the double life

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Letras

• 92 Degrees
• A Strutting Rooster
• An Execution
• Arabian Knights
• Are You Still Dying Darling?
• B side ourselves
• Belladonna
• Black Sun
• Black Sun
• Blow The House Down
• Bring Me The Head Of The Preacher Man
• Burn-up
• But Not Them
• Candyman
• Cannibal Roses
• Cannons
• Carcass
• Carousel
• Cascade
• Christine
• Circle
• Cities In Dust
• Cocoon
• Cry
• Dancing On Glass
• Dazzle
• Dear Prudence
• Desert Kisses
• Dizzy
• Drifter
• Drop Dead / Celebration
• El Dia de Los Muertos
• Eve White / Eve Black
• Face To Face
• Fall From Grace
• Falling Down
• Fear (Of The Unknown)
• Festival Of Colours
• Fireworks
• Flesh
• Forever
• Gecko
• Got to Get Up
• Green Fingers
• Gun
• Hall of Mirrors
• Halloween
• Happy House
• Head Cut
• Helter Skelter
• Hong Kong Garden
• Hybrid
• I Could Be Again
• Ice House
• Icon
• Interlude
• Into The Light
• Israel
• Jigsaw Feeling
• Kiss Them For Me
• Land's End
• Little Johnny Jewel
• Little Sister
• Love In a Void
• Love Out Me
• Lullaby
• Lunar Camel
• Mad Eyed Screamer
• Melt
• Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)
• Mirage
• Miss The Girl
• Monitor
• Morning Dawning
• Mother
• New Skin
• Nicotine Stain
• Night Shift
• Not Forgotten
• O Baby
• Obsession
• Ornaments Of Gold
• Overground
• Painted Bird
• Paradise Place
• Party's Fall
• Peek-a-boo
• Placebo Effect
• Playground Twist
• Pointing Bone
• Poppy Day
• Prematural Burial
• Pulled To Bits
• Rawhead And Bloodybones
• Red Light
• Red Over White
• Regal Zone
• Return
• Rhapsody
• Running Town
• Scarecrow
• Sea Breezes
• Shadowtime
• She's A Carnival
• Sick Child
• Silly Thing
• Silver Waterfalls
• Sin In My Heart
• Skin
• Sleepwalking (On The High Wire)
• Slowdive
• So Unreal
• Softly
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Song From The Edge Of The World
• Spellbound
• Spiral Twist
• Stargazer
• Staring Back
• Strange Fruit
• Suburban Relapse
• Swimming Horses
• Switch
• Take Me Back
• Tattoo
• Tearing Apart
• Tenant
• The Double Life
• The Ghost In You
• The Killing Jar
• The Last Beat Of My Heart
• The Lonely One
• The Lord's Prayer
• The Passenger
• The Rapture
• The Staircase (Mystery)
• The Sweetest Chill
• This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us
• This Unrest
• This Wheel's On Fire
• Thumb
• Trophy
• Trust in Me
• Turn To Stone
• Umbrella
• Voodoo Dolly
• We Fall
• We Hunger
• Wild Thing
• You're Lost Little Girl