Lyric discussion by JJKelsall 

Cover art for Gun lyrics by Siouxsie and the Banshees

SEVERIN: " 'Gun' was from John Cale's 'Fear', the only album that Siouxsie and I each owned independently when we first met." Source: The Authorised Biography 2002.

SIOUXSIE: "On 'Gun', he (Carruthers) added a really straight acoustic guitar bit which sounded like the theme to Blue Peter or something, so I had this idea of twisting the knobs on the mixing desk and really fucking up the sound to make it more exciting. John was outraged and came storming in accusing me of wrecking some great artistic piece of work. He just wasn't responsive to any kind of invention or creativity." Source: The Authorised Biography 2002.