Punish Me With Kisses
The Glove
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Your morning smile of torture holds me in it's grip You trace the taste of yesterday the bruise upon my lip You touch my eyes and hypnotize and slip inside my heart I wait for this forever but we always fall apart You want to hold me closer and secretly entice You take the size of shadowed men And punish me with kisses every night This espionage is sweeter now now that we're alone But I meet your eyes and then dispise all we call our own I write my name in lipstick on the mirror as I leave To stay would be too dangerous To break the make believe.
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Written by: ROBERT JAMES SMITH, STEVEN SEVERIN
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Universal Music Publishing Group
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10 facts about this song
Band Formation"Punish Me With Kisses" is by The Glove, a band that was formed as a side project by Robert Smith of The Cure and Steven Severin from Siouxsie and the Banshees. The name was inspired by the 1961 animated film titled "The Glove".
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Album Release"Punish Me with Kisses" is on The Glove's debut studio album titled "Blue Sunshine", which was released in 1983.
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Vocal ContributionAlthough Robert Smith and Steven Severin handled most of the songwriting and instrumental duties on the album, the female vocals on most tracks, including "Punish Me With Kisses" were provided by Jeanette Landray, who was a former dancer for Zoo, a dance troupe.
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Gothic ThemesThe song, like many others on the album, incorporates gothic themes and mood, characteristic of Smith and Severin's main bands, The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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Album Cover ArtThe album cover of "Blue Sunshine" was designed by Steven Severin's brother, who was a graphic designer. The design was based on Robert Smith and Steven Severin's mutual interest in horror films.
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Name ControversyAlthough the band's name was intended to refer to the 1961 film, it has often been misinterpreted to reference "The Yellow Glove", a symbol of madness, isolation, and torment in Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial".
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Limited DiscographyDespite the band's significant impact on gothic rock music, "Blue Sunshine" is the only album ever recorded by The Glove, making "Punish Me with Kisses" one of the few songs by this iconic collaboration.
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Musical Direction"Punish Me With Kisses" is considered one of the stand-outs on the album, and it showcases the fusion of The Cure's pop-oriented darkwave and Siouxsie and the Banshees' post-punk sensibilities.
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Writing TechniqueThe lyrics of "Punish Me with Kisses" are abstract and metaphorical, a common technique used by Robert Smith in his lyrical writing.
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Limited Live PerformancesWhile The Glove never performed live due to commitments with their respective bands, the song "Punish Me with Kisses" remains as one of the notable songs from the collaboration of Robert Smith and Siouxsie Severin.
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