The morning star has long since gone The sun is high in the sky Shadowless a figure stands Stranded on Venus sands Up in the blue and circling The seabirds watch and wait For movement of a certain kind Down on their dinner plate Where children played a flower lays Pulled and torn up by its roots And where it stood, the empty space just screams... Down on the flats, baby turtles race For safety of the big deep And white caps come crashing in Indifferent to tender flesh Shriek of attack, then moving in A raucous clash, a gourmet din Of cruel gull beaks And tearing skin... screaming Lit by the evening star at Venus sands Against a blood orange sky There's a shadow of a figure prone Abandoned and all alone Venus sands
a really hypnotic track here - have loved this album since my teens. btw, the song is called, per back cover - "venus sands"...the record has all the letters in caps (jinx).
Siouxsie's voice is gloriously hypnotic.
half of their tunes are recorded on another planet !! wow
This was one of my favorite high school tapes when it first came out. Had to buy music on cassette tape back then...
This song embodies nature's terror and beauty in one.
It defines awe.
I love it when Siouxsie says, "AND"
Sad scene of nature, the baby turtles trying to survive the gull's cruel beaks..
Strong song.
The morning star has long since gone
The sun is high in the sky
Shadowless a figure stands
Stranded on Venus sands
Up in the blue and circling
The seabirds watch and wait
For movement of a certain kind
Down on their dinner plate
Where children played a flower lays
Pulled and torn up by its roots
And where it stood,
the empty space just screams...
Down on the flats, baby turtles race
For safety of the big deep
And white caps come crashing in
Indifferent to tender flesh
Shriek of attack, then moving in
A raucous clash, a gourmet din
Of cruel gull beaks
And tearing skin... screaming
Lit by the evening star at Venus sands
Against a blood orange sky
There's a shadow of a figure prone
Abandoned and all alone
Venus sands
"There is a magic in that music,and it moves through me."
forgot how much I love this, cheers
love this song this album xx
a really hypnotic track here - have loved this album since my teens. btw, the song is called, per back cover - "venus sands"...the record has all the letters in caps (jinx).
Sounds divine. Love you 😘
Ooooh fab !
haha! I hear you, I found my old cassette tape a couple months ago. I don't have a tape player to see if it still works. I feel old.
Awesome.
Seagulls keep poking me in the coconut, stop it now
thanks :)