# The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1978. Throughout numerous lineup core changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. The band's debut album in 1979, along with several early singles, placed the band in the post-punk and new wave movements that had sprung up in the United Kingdom. Beginning with their second album in 1980, the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith's stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the subculture that eventually formed around the genre.

## Song lyrics
### Boys Don't Cry (1980)

Songs written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst
* I would say I'm sorry If I thought that it would change your mind, But I know that this time I have said too much, been too unkind.I tried to laugh about it, Cover it all up with lies. I tried to laugh about it, Hiding the tears in my eyes 'Cause boys don't cry. Boys don't cry.
** "Boys Don't Cry"
* Don't say what you mean, You might spoil your face. If you walk in the crowd, You won't leave any trace. It's always the same, You're jumping someone else's train.
** "Jumping Someone Else's Train"

### Faith (1981)

* The innocence of sleeping children. Dressed in white and slowly dreaming. Stops all time. I slow my steps and start to blur. So many years have filled my heart. I never thought I'd say those words.The further we go and older we grow, The more we know the less we show. The further we go and older we grow, The more we know the less we show.
** "Primary", lyrics by Robert Smith

### Pornography (1982)

Songs written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup and Lol Tolhurst
* Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot Fighting for freedom on the television. Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs, Have we got everything?
** "One Hundred Years"
* I chose an eternity of this, Like falling angels, the world disappeared. Laughing into the fire, is it always like this? Flesh and blood and the first kiss; The first colours, the first kiss.
** "Siamese Twins"
* A hundred other words blind me with your purity Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance. I think about tomorrow, please let me sleep As I slip down the window, freshly squashed fly.
** "The Figurehead"

### Japanese Whispers (1983)

All tracks written by Robert Smith and Laurence Tolhurst except as noted.
* Let me take your hand I'm shaking like milk Turning Turning blue All over the windows and the floors Fires outside in the sky Look as perfect as cats The two of us together again But it's just the same A stupid game But I don't care if you don't And I don't feel if you don't And I don't want it if you don't And I won't say it If you don't say it first You think you're tired now But wait until three...
** "Let's Go to Bed"
* We walked around the lake And woke up in the rain And everyone turned over, Troubled in their dreams again.Visiting time is over, And so we walk away And both play dead then cry out loud: Why we always cry this way?
** "The Walk"
* I don't think I can love Anyone but you That's for sure... The upstairs room is cool and bright We can go up there in summer And dance all night.
** "The Upstairs Room"
* We slip through the streets while everyone sleeps Getting bigger and sleeker, and wider and brighter. We bite and scratch and scream all night. Let's go and throw all the songs we knowInto the sea, you and me All the years and no one heard I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the love cats. We missed you hissed the love cats.
** "The Love Cats", written by Robert Smith

### The Head on the Door (1985)

All tracks written by Robert Smith.
* Yesterday I got so old, I felt like I could die. Yesterday I got so old, it made me want to cry. Go on, go on, just walk away. Go on, go on, your choice is made. Go on, go on and disappear. Go on, go on away from here.And I know I was wrong when I said it was true. That it couldn't be me and be her in between without you, Without you.
** "In Between Days"
* I've waited hours for this. I've made myself so sick. I wish I'd stayed asleep today. I never thought this day would end. I never thought tonight could ever be This close to me.
** "Close to Me"
* But if I had your faith Then I could make it safe and clean. Oh, if only I was sure That my head on the door was a dream.
** "Close to Me"
* Say goodbye on a night like this If it's the last thing we ever do. You never looked as lost as this, Sometimes it doesn't even look like you. It goes dark; It goes darker still. Please stay. But I watch you like I'm made of stone As you walk away.
** "A Night Like This"

### Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)

All lyrics by Robert Smith.
* You know I even think that she stared like you. She used to just stand there and stare. And roll her eyes right up to heaven, And make like I just wasn't there.And she used to fall down a lot. That girl was always falling, Again and again. And I used to sometimes try to catch her But I never even caught her name.
** "Catch"
* You're so gorgeous I'll do anything. I'll kiss you from your feet to where your head begins. You're so perfect, you're so right as rain. You make me, make me, make me, make me hungry again.Everything you do is irresistible. Everything you do is simply kissable. Why can't I be you? (Why can't I be you?)
** "Why Can't I Be You?"
* "Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick, The one that makes me scream", she said. "The one that makes me laugh," she said. And threw her arms around my neck. "Show me how you do it, and I promise you, I promise that I'll run away with you. I'll run away with you."
** "Just Like Heaven"
* You, soft and only. You, lost and lonely. You, strange as angels, Dancing in the deepest oceans, Twisting in the water. You're just like a dream. You're just like a dream.
** "Just Like Heaven"
* I want to smash you to pieces I want to smash you up and screaming I want to smash you helpless Down on the floor Smash you until you're not here anymore.
** "Shiver And Shake"

### Disintegration (1989)

All lyrics written by Robert Smith.
* "I think it's dark and it looks like it's rain," you said. "And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world," you said. And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead, And then you smiled for a second.
** "Plainsong"
* I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real. I've been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel.Remembering you standing quiet in the rain As I ran to your heart to be near. And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close, How I always held close in your fear.
** "Pictures of You"
* I'm running out of time, I'm out of step and closing down. And never sleep for wanting hours, The empty hours of greed. And uselessly always the need To feel again the real belief Of something more than mockery. If only I could fill my heart with love.
** "Closedown"
* Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am home again. Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am whole again.Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am young again. Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am fun again.
** "Lovesong"
* However far away, I will always love you. However long I stay, I will always love you. Whatever words I say, I will always love you. I will always love you.
** "Lovesong"
* And I feel like I'm being eaten By a thousand million shivering, furry holes. And I know that in the morning, I will wake up in the shivering cold. And the spiderman is always hungry."Come into my parlor," said the spider to the fly. "I have a little something here."
** "Lullaby"
* Oh, it's opening time down on Fascination Street, So let's cut the conversation and get out for a bit. Because I feel it all fading and paling, and I'm begging To drag you down with me to kick the last nail in.
** "Fascination Street"
* But I never said I would stay to the end. So I leave you with babies and hoping for frequency, Screaming like this in the hope of the secrecy. Screaming me over and over and over. I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, Stains on the carpet and stains on the scenery. Songs about happiness murmured in dreams, When we both of us knew how the ending would be.
** "Disintegration"

### Wish (1992)

All songs composed by Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams.
* And when I see you take the same sweet steps You used to take, I say, "I'll keep on holding you in my arms so tight. I'll never let you slip away."
** "High"
* Every time we do this, I fall for her. Wave after wave after wave, it's all for her. "I know this can't be wrong", I say. (And I'll lie to keep her happy) As long as I know that you know That today I belong right here with you, Right here with you.
** "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea"
* I don't care if Monday's blue, Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too. Thursday I don't care about you, It's Friday, I'm in love. Monday you can fall apart, Tuesday, Wednesday, break my heart. Oh, Thursday doesn't even start, It's Friday, I'm in love.Saturday, wait And Sunday always comes too late. But Friday, never hesitate.
** "Friday I'm in Love"
* I don't care if Monday's black, Tuesday, Wednesday heart attack. Thursday never looking back, It's Friday, I'm in love.
** "Friday I'm in Love"
* Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you say, I just can't stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out. Every way to smile, forget And make-believe we never needed Any more than this, Any more than this.
** "A Letter to Elise"

## Quotes about the Cure

* The melodic, often melancholy tunes of Robert Smith and the boys have been displayed and praised for over 40 years. When it comes to the alternative and goth or post-punk rock sound of England, The Cure is the trendsetter.

## External links

* Official website