According to some very realiabe souces (one of them being Robert himself)-
He wrote the words when he was on LSD.
They filmed the video after having some drinks.
The song is about a suicide pact between two lovers. "into the sea, you and me" means they are going to drown themselves together and "all the years and no one heard" means, obviously, no one will hear from them again since they are dead. "How could we miss someone as dumb as this?" is thier friends talking, wondering why they should even bother missing the two lovers since they were stupid enough to kill themselves. Alright, that last one was a guess, but it seems to fit right??
And yeh, i totally get what you guys mean, its the most danceable song ever
@ZombieCultHero I like your interpretation, although I interpreted it differently. Lack of consistent punctuation can create ambiguities as to where a sentence ends, what a subordinate clause is referring to, etc. I thought it was meant as
@ZombieCultHero I like your interpretation, although I interpreted it differently. Lack of consistent punctuation can create ambiguities as to where a sentence ends, what a subordinate clause is referring to, etc. I thought it was meant as
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know into the sea, you and me."
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know into the sea, you and me."
rather than:
rather than:
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know.
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know.
Into the sea, you and me..."
Into the sea, you and me..."
Either way, it would be neither the first time nor the last that The Cure would do a song that had a cheerful, highly danceable (as you put it) tune combined with lyrics that are at the other end of the emotional spectrum — sad/negative/cynical/etc. "Let's Go to Bed," from around the same period as this one, was a classic example, but there are also much later ones like "Cut Here," with very sad, regret-heavy lyrics to a bouncy tune.
I like the idea of lyrics written while tripping. Some people I've known are definitely more creative (or maybe they're just better at accessing that part of themselves) when they take acid or shrooms.
A random thought...I have often wondered just how "sss" sounds got to be associated with hissing. A real hiss (whether from a cat or a snake or whatever) is just a loud unvoiced exhale, an "h" sound, no sibilant (s) whatsoever. But I love Robert's version anyway. :)
According to some very realiabe souces (one of them being Robert himself)- He wrote the words when he was on LSD. They filmed the video after having some drinks. The song is about a suicide pact between two lovers. "into the sea, you and me" means they are going to drown themselves together and "all the years and no one heard" means, obviously, no one will hear from them again since they are dead. "How could we miss someone as dumb as this?" is thier friends talking, wondering why they should even bother missing the two lovers since they were stupid enough to kill themselves. Alright, that last one was a guess, but it seems to fit right?? And yeh, i totally get what you guys mean, its the most danceable song ever
@ZombieCultHero I like your interpretation, although I interpreted it differently. Lack of consistent punctuation can create ambiguities as to where a sentence ends, what a subordinate clause is referring to, etc. I thought it was meant as
@ZombieCultHero I like your interpretation, although I interpreted it differently. Lack of consistent punctuation can create ambiguities as to where a sentence ends, what a subordinate clause is referring to, etc. I thought it was meant as
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know into the sea, you and me."
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know into the sea, you and me."
rather than:
rather than:
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know.
"Let's go and throw all the songs we know.
Into the sea, you and me..."
Into the sea, you and me..."
Either way, it would be neither the first time nor the last that The Cure would do a song that had a cheerful, highly danceable (as you put it) tune combined with lyrics that are at the other end of the emotional spectrum — sad/negative/cynical/etc. "Let's Go to Bed," from around the same period as this one, was a classic example, but there are also much later ones like "Cut Here," with very sad, regret-heavy lyrics to a bouncy tune.
I like the idea of lyrics written while tripping. Some people I've known are definitely more creative (or maybe they're just better at accessing that part of themselves) when they take acid or shrooms.
A random thought...I have often wondered just how "sss" sounds got to be associated with hissing. A real hiss (whether from a cat or a snake or whatever) is just a loud unvoiced exhale, an "h" sound, no sibilant (s) whatsoever. But I love Robert's version anyway. :)