Dive is the fourth track off of Bauhaus‘ debut album, In The Flat Field
Through hyperactive vocals and bombastic synths, the band delivers a mocking critique of a clubbing lifestyle using very orientalist metaphors and references
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We're going down
We're going down
We're going down
To the kamikaze dive
Fishnet leatherette
Pussy Galore
Pseudo Sumo wrestler
On the door
Dangerous dances
The dragon's claw
K-Tel Oriental
The monkey's paw
You're dead
I said you're dead
You're a dead ringer
For Madame Butterfly
Snappy little fingers
Stitch my thigh
You're so necromantic
Venomous and vain
Mixing molotov cocktails
In the subterrain
I said you're dead
I said you're dead
We're going down to the kamikazi dive
Like insects in a Chinese lantern now
We're feeling so alive, what's showing?
We're going down to the kamikaze dive
Like manic moths in Chinese lanterns now
We're feeling so alive!