The Cure – Grinding Halt

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No light
No people
No speak
No people
No cars
No people
No food
No people
Stopped
Short
Grinding halt
Everything's coming to a grinding halt

No sound
No people
No clocks
No people
No fine
No people
No me
No people

Stopped
Short
Grinding halt
Everything's coming to a grinding halt
Everything's coming to a grinding halt

Slow down
Slow down
No people
Slow down
Everything's coming to a
Everything's coming to a
Everything's coming to a
Everything's coming to a

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Track duration: 02:49

"Grinding Halt" as written by Robert James Smith, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Michael Stephen Dempsey

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:love it. kudos for maskofsanity
    Flag existentialanxietyon February 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about the end of the world, possibly through nuclear catastrophe
    Flag CuteSparkinaon August 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I totally agree with MaskOfSanity. The meaning is right on the dot.
    Flag penguinTUXon February 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I read in The Cure's biography that this song's lyrics were actually written by Lol Tolhurst and the lines were originally longer, but then Robert shortened them so they only contained the start of each sentence. And it's apparently about 'apathy and decay'. It could be interpreted literally as being about the world coming to an end, but more likely it represents a state of mind, a person not caring any more to the extent that their world comes to a grinding halt, as in it no longer means anything for them.
    Flag MaskOfSanityon April 09, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:to me this song could mean both things a sudden end to something or the fact that without people there wouldn't be any fine's, car's etc
    Flag ashiton December 29, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This song rocks!
    Flag HateSaikoon January 29, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I think maybe this song is about death and or dying. I appreciate "Grinding Halt" because it's minimal...it grabs my attention, but it's what's not in the song, and how intricate and wrought it isn't, that makes it enjoyable.
    Flag sorrywrongnumbahon January 27, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This song is like things suddenly coming to an end, almost like the end of the world maybe. (No light/No people/No speak). Who knows?
    Flag theexplodinggirlon January 06, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:i dunno i like it you know
    hehehe
    its the old stuff.. can;t listen to it as much as the new stuff but when i am in a really grr grr mood it suits just fine.. no bloody people.. a mental deletion for a while
    Flag Ratzodyon September 15, 2002   Link

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