Face To Face

"Face to Face" is a song recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was composed by the Banshees along with Danny Elfman and was produced by Stephen Hague. The track was featured in the 1992 film, Batman Returns, and included on its soundtrack. Elfman also composed the score for the film. The track also appears on the Siouxsie & the Banshees compilation album Twice Upon a Time: The Singles. In the Melody Maker, the Stud Brothers wrote : "it's a slow, heavily orchestral & sensuously tense piece with Siouxsie first tapt, then cracked and finally spiralling off into the ether". The song features strings which build to a dramatic conclusion. Thanks to Danny Elfman's involvement the song features elements from his score to the film. Lyrically the song makes indirect references to Batman Returns characters Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. "Face to Face" is heard in the film during a ballroom scene in which the characters are dancing together, not realizing that, as their alter-egos (Batman and Catwoman), they are enemies. The lyrics reflect the characters' conflict ("...Cheek to cheek / the bitter sweet / commit your crime / in your deadly time / It's too divine / I want to bend / I want this bliss / but something says I must resist..."). At one point Siouxsie can be heard purring like a cat, a reference to Catwoman. "Face to Face" peaked at number twenty-one in the UK singles chart. It also performed well on American alternative rock radio, where the single peaked at number seven on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. Remixes of "Face to Face" were produced by 808 State.

[Verse 1] Face to face My lovely foe Mouth to mouth Raining heaven's blows Hand on heart Tic tac toe Under the stars Naked as we flow Cheek to cheek The bitter sweet Commit your crime In your deadly time It's too divine I want to bend I want this bliss Awww, but something says I must resist [Verse 2] Another life Another time We're Siamese twins writhing intertwined Face to face No telling lies The masks they slide to reveal a new disguise You never can win It's the state I'm in This danger thrills And my conflict kills They say follow your heart Follow it through But how can you When it's split in two? [Hook] And you'll never know You'll never know [Verse 3] One more kiss Before we die Face to face And dream of flying Who are you? Who am I? Wind in wings Two angels falling To die like this With a last kiss It's falsehood's flame It's a crying shame Face to face The passions breathe I hate to stay But then I hate to leave [Hook] And you'll never know No, you'll never know No, no You'll never know You'll never know You'll never know You'll never know