The Cure – Torture

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I'm in the room without a light
The room without a view
I'm here for one more treacherous night
Another night with you
It tortures me to move my hands
To try to move at all
And pulled
My skin so tight it screams
And screams and screams
And pulls some more
Hanging like this
Like a vampire bat
Hanging like this
Hanging on your back
I'm helpless again

My body is cut and broken
It's shattered and sore
My body is cut wide open
I can't stand anymore
It tortures me to move my hands
To try to move at all
And pulled
My skin so tight screams
And screams and screams
And screams some more

Hanging like this
Like a vampire bat
Hanging like this hanging on your back
Oh it's torture
And I'm almost there
It's torture
But I'm almost there

It's torture
But I'm almost there
It's torture
But I'm almost there

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Track duration: 04:17

"Torture" as written by Robert James Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Boris Williams

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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  • +1
    General Comment:anal sex!
    Flag dothehansaon February 08, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"Abasement in a basement..." Duh!...obviously.
    Flag monster36604on January 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I also think it's about a girl who doesn't give love to him. Just pain. Not physical. And he can't be who he wants to be. Himself.
    Did listen for hours and hours to this "kiss me, kiss me"-album.
    It's a part of my youth.
    Flag opelgton August 30, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:It sounds like habitual masterbation to me.
    Flag brianshalfbakedon May 10, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:yes, i can also relate to this. maybe not as extreme.
    Flag eve.119on May 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Like "The Kiss", this song could be about an intimate act with someone who's overly forceful and who you've no real attraction to... though a lot of this song sounds to me as though it's about sadomasochism; possibly he's involved with a girl who's into domination though maybe he doesn't quite enjoy it so much...
    Flag MaskOfSanityon April 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:OH MY GOD why is there only one comment on this song? It's amazing, I've had a similar experience too.

    IT'S TORRRRTUUURE.
    Flag hothothot!on April 05, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i had a very similar experience.
    its tough.
    Flag jancsibohocon March 03, 2005   Link

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