The Cure – Closedown

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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

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Track duration: 04:18

"Closedown" as written by Robert James Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O'donnell, Porl Thompson, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst, Boris Williams

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    General Comment:The song is about coming to the end of self-preoccupation then justifying the self-same with self-absorption.

    See how it builds extravagantly and fills and explores the definitive. All three instruments do the same thing at different times. Instruments are expressed definitively and independently.

    Exuberant and exhaustive song.
    The song is about the meaninglessness of self examination and the absorption it incurs.

    The drums never cease.

    They never change.

    They are frantic and searching and then they die.
    Flag tebdanneron May 11, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:The empty hours of greed...ah, that sounds like working day in and day out for the sake of making money and stability. I get it now. Wasting your life in everyday BS, losing yourself, getting old, and missing out on real love. That would be the saddness of life as one here put it.
    Flag xcentricon February 22, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:11 lines of the truth. A masterpiece... Oh how I love this song...
    Flag MTheGreaton July 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Running out time, getting older, don't fit in, don't sleep, and closing down or withdrawing from the world...hoping to feel once more a sense of love and be happy again.

    Yeah, pretty much sums up the sadness of life. One of my favorite songs ever...
    Flag dannyron February 08, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:closing down from love. he wants that feeling back, but her is running old and the worry of never finding it keeps him awake.
    Flag DepartedFateon March 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:its like my life in a song..
    Flag King of Some Islandon January 04, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:i love how long the song is and how short the vocals are. this must be my favourite cure song, i think. it's lovely.
    Flag dri-fton September 08, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:a very cool song. Its so atmospheric and carries you off to another place...i just luv songs that do that.
    Flag jiveturkey202on June 12, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:definately not
    Flag cichon123on March 18, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Yes the whole album is absolutely brilliant. Actually it was the first CD I bought when I got a CD player, abandoning vinyl.

    @ rahtwinkle: you are not alone.
    Flag JASGripenon February 17, 2006   Link

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