Embrace Them for Me (Siouxie and the Banshees)

Language: French

Trivia about this post:

"Siouxie and the Banshees" emerges from the French as "Siouxie and the White Injury."

The song is an homage to Jayne Mansfield (pictured), who appeared in a 1957 film called "Kiss Them for Me" with Cary Grant. I think I liked the song better before I knew that, but I'll get over it.

Siouxie Sioux's (given name: Susan Janet Ballion) father was a laboratory technician who 'milked' poisonous snakes for their venom. (source) And he was alcoholic to boot (he died when Susan was 14), which it seems like people might have raised concerns about his profession if they knew that, but whatever.

"Divoon" is some kind of slang equivalent of "divine," which I had never heard of before doing this song. But then, I had kind of a sheltered childhood.

-Jessi

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It scintillates, and it has a shine,
the arrival of Queen for a ring of
beauty and a car.
Now you're prettier, by far more.
No part of him occupies himself more than the
invitation he didn't send.
Transfixed by the interior noise,
to find your promise.

Nothing or nobody: never make me
have to leave you the bottom.

Embrace it for me -- I can delay it.
Embrace for me, if I'm delayed.

It's divoon, oh, it's serene, that
in the pink champagne fountain is
their devotion, which somebody cut out
in the swimming pool.

Nothing or nobody: never make me
have to leave you the bottom.

Embrace it for me -- I can be delayed.
Embrace it for me -- I can find myself delayed. (That's lucky.)

On the road with the jet of New Orleans:
the first role blows the screen.
As the tenth impact gleamed,
the prohibited candles radiated.

Embrace them for me -- I can be delayed.
Embrace them for me -- I can find myself delayed. (That's lucky.)

Embrace them for me -- embrace them for me
Embrace them for me -- I can find myself delayed and lucky.