Music and British Identity: Slowdive

Primary members: Neil Halstead, Rachel Goswell, Christian Savill, Simon Scott, Nick Chaplin
Band Biography
Albums of focus:
songs from Souvlaki (1993)

Songs for study:

From Souvlaki (1993):
  1. "Alison"
  2. "Machine Gun"
  3. "Souvlaki Space Station"
  4. "When the Sun Hits"
  5. "Dagger"

 

"Alison" - from Souvlaki (1993)

Listen close and don't be stoned,
I'll be here in the morning
'Cause I'm just floating
Your cigarette still burns,
Your messed up world will thrill me
Alison, I'm lost

Alison, I said we're sinking
There's nothing here, but that's okay
Outside your room, your sister's spinning
But she laughs and tells me she's just fine
I guess she's out there somewhere

And the sailors, they strike poses
The TV-covered walls
Answer slowly
With your talking and your pills,
Your messed up life still thrills me
Alison, I'm lost

Alison, I'll drink your wine
I'll wear your clothes when we're both high
Alison, I said we're sinking
But she laughs and tells me it's just fine
I guess she's out there somewhere

 

"Machine Gun" - from Souvlaki (1993)

See you walking and I know she's my friend again
Just the weight of the water drags me down again
Guess I'll think of the water its my friend, oh yeah
It's just the way that the water makes me feel again

Son of Shiva, I saw him drown
Son of yellow, I saw him drown
It's all I need yeah

See you walking and I know she's my friend again
Just the weight of the water drags me down again
Guess I'll think of the water its my friend, oh yeah
It's just the way that the water makes me feel again

Son of Shiva, I saw him drown
Son of yellow, I saw him drown
It's all I need yeah

"Souvlaki Space Station" - from Souvlaki (1993)

Closed doors brings open minds
See you smile inside
Faces, and I've fallen
Wonder why I'm here now

In asylum, don't you see?
In asylum, don't you see?

 


Doors close and feelings flow
Through my mind, I feel his
Pictures, and I've fallen
Wonder why I'm here now

Curse your soul, I don't wanna know you
And I curse your soul, I don't wanna know you
And I curse your soul, I don't wanna know you
And I curse your soul, I don't wanna know you

 

"When the Sun Hits" - from Souvlaki (1993)

Sweet thing, I watch you
Burn so fast it scares me
Mind games don't leave me
I've come so far, don't lose me
It matters where you are

As the sun hits, she'll be waiting
With her cool things and her heaven
Hey hey, lover, you still burn me
You're a sun yeah, hey hey

 


Sweet thing, I watch you
You burn so fast it scares me
Mind games don't lose me
I've come so far, don't lose me
It matters where you are

As the sun hits, she'll be waiting
With her cool things and her heaven
Hey hey lover you still burn me
You're a sun yeah, hey hey

Sweet thing, I watch you, hey hey hey
Sweet thing, I watch you, hey hey hey
Sweet thing, I watch you, hey hey hey

 

"Dagger" - from Souvlaki (1993)

The sunshine girl is sleeping
She falls and dreams alone
And me, I am her dagger
Too numb to feel her pain

The world is full of noise, yeah
I hear it all the time
And me, I am your dagger
You know I am your wound
I thought I heard you whisper:
"It happens all the time"
I thought I heard you whisper:
"It happens all the time"

She whispers while I'm sleeping,
"I love you when you smile"
I didn't really lose you
I just lost it for a while

The world is full of noise, yeah
I hear it all the time
You know I am your dagger
You know I am your wound
I thought I heard you whisper:
"It happens all the time"
I thought I heard you whisper
"It happens all the time"

 

 


 

GRAFFITI STUDY WALL: MUSIC & VIDEOS
SEX PISTOLS
KRAFTWERK
THE CLASH
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.
JOY DIVISION
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
AU PAIRS
COCTEAU TWINS
ARTERY
HUMAN LEAGUE
HEAVEN 17
THE SPECIALS
CABARET VOLTAIRE
TEARS FOR FEARS
DEPECHE MODE
THE SOUND
THE GLOVE
THE CURE
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
GANG OF FOUR
NEW ORDER
U2
THE POLICE
CRASS
NEW MODEL ARMY
ELVIS COSTELLO
SPLIT ENZ
THE THE
XTC
THE EXPLOITED
DISCHARGE
THE SMITHS
THE HOUSEMARTINS
RADIOHEAD
PORTISHEAD
PET SHOP BOYS
M Y BLOODY VALENTINE
SLOWDIVE
CRASH MUSIC
MUSIC OF THE TROUBLES

VIDEOS:

SEX PISTOLS
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (LIVE)
THE CURE (LIVE)
COCTEAU TWINS (LIVE)
NEW ORDER (LIVE)
PORTISHEAD (LIVE)
JOY DIVISION MINI-DOCUMENTARY
NUCLEAR WAR PREPAREDNESS: PROTECT & SURVIVE MANUAL