The Cure – Fascination Street

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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
Yeah! I like you in that
Like I like you to scream
But if you open your mouth
Then I can't be responsible
For quite what goes in
Or to care what comes out
So just pull on your hair
Just pull on your pout
And let's move to the beat
Like we know that it's over
If you slip going under
Slip over my shoulder
So just pull on your face
Just pull on your feet
And let's hit opening time
Down on Fascination Street

So pull on your hair
Pull on your pout
Cut the conversation
Just open your mouth
Pull on your face
Pull on your feet
And let's hit opening time

Down on Fascination Street

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Track duration: 05:15

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

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:Fascination street = vagina
    Flagged kaweenuhon March 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song never really stuck out to me until "The Crow". It's all
    can think when I hear the opening chords.
    Flag Thia007on November 22, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:Just open your mouth and I'll put that secret substance in. Just close your eyes and it's not your fault, nor mine. I'm sorry it will kill us but we need to be free. Lets remove our inhibitions.

    Perhaps he is mocking someone who always goads him into getting drunk or taking drugs. It is forcing him to "pull on that pout" so that they can drop in whatever. It's interesting to think of from that perspective. Maybe it's his girlfriend, or buddy. A bad influence. He tries to hold on to his morals, but that clever persuasion: "i cannot be responsible...". It could be that she doesn't know how to connect with him, but wants to enjoy herself with him. He want's the same, but he believes they can do it through trying to communicate and share their true feelings, without the substance.

    This song is trying to make them understand how they sound. It feels like a sad song, a frustration with the repetition of their behavior.
    Flag department64on June 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I just barely subscribed but I've been coming to these message boards for at least a year looking for any truly insightful suggestions or even concrete, "straight-from-the-horse's-mouth" interpretations of songs, and somehow every single last one of them seems to be either about sex or about a relationship.

    Anyway, what I'm trying to say is this: can't this (very possibly) just be a feel-good song, plain and simple?
    Flag ArgentumGyroscopeon November 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about being in a relationship where it's only for show, where you're only together because it's what's expected of you.
    Flag mothtoaflameon August 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Man, talk about a great, atmospheric song. The Cure are the best band ever.
    Flagged supaduckon July 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:According to Robert Smith:

    "I was thinking of Bourbon Street in New Orleans when I wrote it - I was getting ready to go there and I thought, What the fuck do I think I'm going to find? It's about the incredulity that I could still be fooled into looking for a perfect moment."

    Man! This song is AWSOME! Go Simon!
    Flag monster36604on November 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:On galore, fascination street is 4:20 long.
    Haha!
    Flag deadangleon June 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:its definately about felatio,hookers and sexual depravity."cut the conversation"he doesnt wanna here her talk just do what he's paying her to do.
    Flag zerostumble79on February 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Interesting, I'm told this song always used to help me get to sleep when i was a baby. We've got a video of my dad holding me a dancing to it. So i really love this song, its kind of engraved in my subconscience.
    Flag devilish_leoon February 26, 2008   Link

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