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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
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
I know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire
The way they should
The way the blue could pull me in
If they only would
If they only would
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else
That hides away
From me and you
There're worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands can make
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms round
Yesterday
I stood and stared
Wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back
The way I wanted to
But I just can't hold my tears away
The way you do
Elise believe I never wanted this
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out...
So 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
And every time I try to pick it up
Like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up
It runs away through my clutching hands
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else
I can really do
At all...
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
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
I know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire
The way they should
The way the blue could pull me in
If they only would
If they only would
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else
That hides away
From me and you
There're worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands can make
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms round
Yesterday
I stood and stared
Wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back
The way I wanted to
But I just can't hold my tears away
The way you do
Elise believe I never wanted this
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out...
So 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
And every time I try to pick it up
Like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up
It runs away through my clutching hands
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else
I can really do
At all...
Lyrics submitted by BigFatPaNda, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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i love blink 182 <33333333
Has anyone seen the video of this on the Tribute to the Cure? I hate how marilyn manson sounds so apathetic about blink performing the song, yet robert seems enthralled by this cover, yet when the deftones come out to do "if only tonight we could sleep" marilyn manson announces them like they're God, yet Robert looks unimpressed lol Anyway thats besides the point.
the song is about falling out of love with someone you thought you'd be with forever. because of it, its heart breaking on an entirely different level then your usual "break-up" song. It's also about not being able to hold on to a moment. Its an incredible song, either version you listen to.
I'm impressed Blink was able to handle the cover, not because they're not great musicians (which they are!) but this is one of The Cure's really BIG songs, by which i mean very layered in sound; multiple guitars, synths/keys, etc. To be able to pull it off as a trio, and actually make it sound good with a stripped down sound, speaks volumes about how well Blink makes music. Its a faithful cover, yet holds true to Blinks own style and for that it deserves to be listed as one of their songs, because they really made it their own.
here's hoping for more cure covers and cure collaberations!
The cure rocks.
awesome version and awesome song