After stating that “The Hanging Garden” was written about “the purity and hate of animals fucking”, he added “And I think "Siamese Twins” is about the hate and purity of people fucking too…"
Some fans believe the song is a metaphorical description of a quite psychologically traumatic first sexual i...
[Verse 1]
I chose an eternity of this
Like falling angels, the world disappeared
Laughing into the fire, is it always like this?
Flesh and blood and the first kiss
The first colours, the first kiss
[Verse 2]
We writhed under a red light
Voodoo smile, Siamese twins
Girl at the window looks at me for an hour
Then everything falls apart
Broken inside me, it falls apart
[Chorus]
The walls and the ceiling move in time
Push a blade into my hands, slowly up the stairs
And into the room, is it always like this?
[Verse 3]
Dancing in my pocket
Worms eat my skin
She glows and grows with arms outstretched
Her legs around me, in the morning I cried
[Verse 4]
Leave me to die, you won't remember my voice
I walked away and grew old
You never talk, we never smile
I scream "you're nothing
I don't need you any more, you're nothing"
It fades and spins
It fades and spins
[Chorus]
Sing out loud, we all die
Laughing into the fire, is it always like this?
Is it always like this?
Is it always like this?
Siamese Twins was written by Lol Tolhurst & Simon Gallup & Robert Smith.
Siamese Twins was produced by The Cure & Phil Thornalley.
The Cure released Siamese Twins on Tue May 04 1982.
Robert Smith told Eastcoast Rocket in 1987 that Mary Poule, his girlfriend (later, his wife)…:
… sat in a chair and stared at me when I was singing ‘Siamese Twins’ … it was very weird to have Mary sitting there watching me."