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Artist/Band: 
Siouxsie And The Banshees 
Lyrics for Song: The Double Life 
Lyrics for Album: The Rapture [1995]
  
               
  4095>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
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