The Last Beat of My Heart

Album: Peepshow (1988)
Charted: 44
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Songfacts®:

  • Backed by strings and a ghostly accordion, this song finds Siouxsie Sioux lamenting for an estranged love, "never to be torn apart."
  • The ballad was mostly written by bass guitarist Steven Severin. He told Mojo November 2014: "I was thinking about the decay of old Europe on the cusp of World War One when I wrote it."

Comments: 1

  • Tony from San DiegoWow, I can't believe this EPIC song is 31 years old and I am the first to comment on it. Absolutely amazing album as well, every song is fantastic.
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