Primary members: Robert Smith, Steve Severin
Band Biography
Albums of focus: Blue Sunshine (1982-1983)
Songs for study:

"Like an Animal"

"A Blues in Drag"

"Mouth to Mouth"

"Like an Animal" (from Blue Sunshine, 1983)

One mile in the air that's where she lives Her body looks so thin and pink and small Dropping eggs from nervous, shaking hands And swallowing her fingers as they fall Two people dance on the edge Three of us push them away There's nowhere to go, we're all in this But nothing can hurt us at all Fight her all you want-- you'll never win Couldn't we just once leave her in bed Let the dry air cut her happy throat! Hide her heart and lose her happy head Two people dance on the edge Three of us push them away There's nowhere to go, we're all in this But nothing can hurt us at all

First I was a murderer, then I was a saint Now I live on stolen time, twist and run like paint Like an animal One mile in the air that's where she lives Her body looks so thin and pink and small Dropping eggs from nervous, shaking hands And swallowing her fingers as they fall Fight her all you want-- you'll never win Couldn't we just once leave her in bed Let the dry air cut her happy throat Hide her heart and lose her happy head Tuesday in the sun, nothing could be worse Not now, not ever, not anymore... Like an animal Like an animal...

"Mouth to Mouth" (from Blue Sunshine, 1983)

Your body grows more beautiful With every move you make Your body grows more beautiful With every bite I take You won't believe I love you It's too stupid for words So I lick your trembling lips And use your hands to feed the birds I laid with you for hours Staring at your face I laid with you for hours Remembering your taste And when the morning came It splattered us in light I think I left you sleeping there I think I left you sleeping

Sleeping, sleeping, sleeping, ... Mouth to Mouth I asked you to stay Mouth to Mouth But you're slipping away Down seven stairs and first on the left Arch your back and hold your breath A million fat girls and a million fat men Couldn't put me back together again Your body grows more beautiful With every move you make Your body grows more beautiful With every bite I take A million fat girls and a million fat men Couldn't put me back together again A million fat girls and a million fat men Couldn't put me back together again Mouth to mouth...