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Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Scream
Suburban Relapse

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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Suburban Relapse

Release date: 13th November 1978

From The Scream

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About This Track

"Suburban Relapse" is a track by Siouxsie and the Banshees, from the album The Scream, released 13th November 1978. Full lyrics are available below.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Lyrics

Suburban Relapse

[Verse 1]

I'm sorry that I hit you but my string snapped

I'm sorry I disturbed your cat-nap

But whilst finishing a chore

I asked myself "what for"

Then something snapped

I had a relapse

A suburban relapse

A relapse

Relapse

[Verse 2]

I was washing up the dishes

Minding my own business

When my string snapped

I had a relapse

A suburban relapse

A relapse

Relapse

[Verse 3]

Should I throw things at the neighbours

Expose myself to strangers?

Kill myself or you?

Now memory gets hazy

I think I must be crazy

But my string snapped

I had a relapse

A suburban relapse

A relapse

Relapse

[Outro]

Now memory gets hazy

I think I must be crazy

But my string snapped

I had a relapse

A suburban relapse

A relapse

Relapse

A suburban relapse

A suburban relapse

A relapse

Relapse

Relapse

Relapse, relapse, relapse

Relapse

A relapse

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Track details

From The Scream

1978

Album

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Release year

1978

—Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)
—Switch
—Helter Skelter
—Carcass
—Jigsaw Feeling
—Mirage
—Nicotine Stain
—Pure
—Suburban Relapse

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Credits

Writer: John McKay, Siouxsie
Lyricist: Siouxsie
Composer: John McKay
Producer: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Steve Lillywhite
Credited: John McKay, Siouxsie, Steve Lillywhite