I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
When you kiss me
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
Will you miss me
In your dreams does your lover have my face?
Ah, when you kiss me
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
Ah, will you miss me
In your dreams does your lover have my face?
It's the morning
And the mourning, it is dawning on me too
I had no warning
Just a condolence card to tell me that we're through
Ah, it's the morning
And the mourning, it is dawning on me too
I had no warning
Just a condolence card to tell me that we're through
When you kiss me
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
When you miss me
In your dreams does my lover have your face?
Ah, when you kiss me
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
Ah, will you miss me
In your dreams does your lover have my face?
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
Will you miss me
In your dreams does your lover have my face?
Ah, when you kiss me
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
Ah, will you miss me
In your dreams does your lover have my face?
It's the morning
And the mourning, it is dawning on me too
I had no warning
Just a condolence card to tell me that we're through
Ah, it's the morning
And the mourning, it is dawning on me too
I had no warning
Just a condolence card to tell me that we're through
When you kiss me
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
When you miss me
In your dreams does my lover have your face?
Ah, when you kiss me
Does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face?
Ah, will you miss me
In your dreams does your lover have my face?
Lyrics submitted by x_melancholy_x
Lipstick Lyrics as written by Steve Diggle Peter Shelley
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is amazing lyrically i think... it plays with words like not many other songs do, although it's such a simple song in the end...
the beauty is in its simplicity. It's very clever.
I think the Buzzcocks are incredibly underrated. This song is terrific, one of their best.
it's my favorite by them.
I love the Buzzcocks' lyrics. They always make me smile. I think "when you kiss me does the lipstick on your lip stick on my face" is the best lyric ever.
obladeodlada 2 min ago
Rated 0 On that point - does anybody know what the story is between this song and Shot by Both Sides. I know Howard Devoto was in Buzzcocks and then started Magazine.
Was this used with Devoto's blessing? / What it recorded as a pop at Devoto?
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I have loved Shelley's lyrics. Very thoughtful and clever word structure. I interpret the line "When you kiss me, does your lipstick on your lips stick on my face" means if the lipstick sticks on your face means that it is a true relationship ... but if it doesn't it does not. I think the next line further confirms it when it goes "Will you miss me, In your dreams does your lover have my face". Thats my 2 cents worth.
I heard shot by both sides by magazine which uses the same riff first, and have to admit I preferred magazines song , buzzcocks have done many better songs, the A side promises was much better.
On that point - does anybody know what the story is between this song and Shot by Both Sides. I know Howard Devoto was in Buzzcocks and then started Magazine. <br /> <br /> Was this used with Devoto's blessing? / What it recorded as a pop at Devoto?<br /> <br /> youtubedoubler.com/
@sivilla My understanding is that Pete Shelley wrote the ascending guitar riff, then he and Devoto both used it in songs for their respective bands. He had a hand in writing "The Light Pours Out of Me" on the first Magazine album, too.