FLOWER/HALLOWEEN 12"

also appears on:

• Bad Moon Rising CD
• Halloween II 12" (alt mix)
• Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
• Smart Bar - Chicago 1985 (live 1985)
• 10/05/85 "LIVE IN YUGOSLAVIA 1985/1987"

• A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth of a Corpse
• New Wave Halloween

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar
Kim - vocals/guitar?
Lee - guitar
Bob Bert - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

There's something shifting in the distance
Don't know what it is
Days as dead as night
Except for the feeling
That's crawling up inside of me
As you sing your song
As you swing along
And you're, it's your.. your song

It's the devil in me makes me stare at you
As you twist up along, sing your song
And you're slithering up to me
And you're so close I just a wanna touch you
And I sing your song
And you don't know what's going on
But you wanna me to come along
As you sing your song
And you're fucking with me
As you slither up to me
Your lips are slippin'
Twisting at my insides
And singin' on, you're just a swingin' man
It's not your swinging song
And now I don't know what you want
But you're looking at me
And you're fallin' on the ground
And you're twistin' around
Fucking with my, my mind
And I don't know what's going on

Swinging in your song, twisting me on
As you slither up to me and it's gotta be
And I don't know what you wanna do
And you're looking at me
With your big dark eyes
And you're rubbing your body
Twistin'

NOTES:

• Later covered by Mudhoney on a split single with Sonic Youth (who covered "Touch Me I'm Sick").
• The original 12" as well as the Halloween II 12" feature a different mix than the version tacked onto the Bad Moon Rising CD. The 12" versions feature Thurston's "3 4" count-in.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• "Halloween II" - ALT. MIX - 4:54

  Featured on the vinyl releases of the song. A slightly different mix than the CD, with a more balanced drum/guitar sound.

• "Smart Bar - Chicago 1985" - LIVE - 5:42

  Recorded live 08/11/85 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar.