Jupiter Crash

honestly (and Im a big Cure fan) I see the song with one simple phrase: A comet is like the girl you fall in love with, suddenly appears, leaves an impact and just as suddenly dissapears.

That was a good interpretation. Mine is that he is comparing his relationship with her to everything ephemeral. She is a "star", something heavenly, and he is Jupiter. And her being with him is like pulling herself lower. When they are together, she is not longer a star. And then she eventually leaves him, so "so much for gravity" because him being Jupiter, having that pull won't help him now that she left him.

a lot of The Cure fans may not like Wild Mood Swings for the fact that one (their style was sorta being replaced, but the main one is that this album is known as their "happy/positive" album, therefore after most other The Cure cds, maybe they werent used to it and didnt relate. i still think this song is one of their best, i actually think that WMS is underrated. It's better than their last self-titled cd by far in my opinion. i agree with fellow posters on the meaning above, great lyrics.

I agree with what Mtha Fckn G said above.

Also, I think this song speaks of the fact that no matter how huge and overpowering your love seems at the time, it can fade out just the same. And the other person can leave you like it was nothing, no matter the pull you once had on each other. "Yeah, so much for gravity".

I agree with backlit3 and juiceboy46. This super cool celestial event was happening but she wasn’t sharing his interest. He compares this to the time they had sex and she was left unsatisfied - Robert Smith is just a normal guy afterall! I think the last line “so much for gravity” is meant to be funny.

I bought this CD at a thrift store for $3. Who would give this away? This song has been on repeat in my car stereo for days. Also Want, This is a Lie and Bare. Great album!

From July 16 through July 22, 1994, pieces of an object designated as Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter.

This is the first collision of two solar system bodies ever to be observed, and the effects of the comet impacts on Jupiter's atmosphere have been simply spectacular and beyond expectations.

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 consisted of at least 21 discernable fragments with diameters estimated at up to 2 kilometers.

Wow, thank you! I was curious as to what this song meant. Part of sorta thought it might be a reference to Lost in Space, but I really figured that wasn't it. Thanks again! :-D

I agree with the above comments but there is something missing here. It is fairly obvious so perhaps that's why there have been no comments this far.

This song uses metaphor to illustrate the fleeting nature of one's first sexual encounter. It also suggests that the fantasy of sex is better than the reality (much the same way as in the astronomical observance). Notice the lyric "Is that it?"

There is the expectation that the encounter will be an "event" and it turns out to be brief and unfulfilling. The girl isn't really interested in the celestial bodies but HIS body. As it turns out the event didn't meet to her satisfaction - too short.

Both the crashing of the solar system bodies and the crashing of these human bodies aren't as spectacular as the girl had hoped.

At the end she left him and like Jupiter there is hardly any trace (at least from the narrator's earthly perspective). Merely "a few bruises.." In other words, some physical reminder that will soon fade. Nothing lasting transpired in either of the physical crashes.

I have to agree with ezboy. The first thing that came to mind upon hearing this song was a sexual encounter. I think the reference to the collision is just symbolic. And in my opinion, it's done quite beautifully.

yep, ezboy1000 has it.

As much impact felt here as was discernible out there for something with so much anticipation built up around it.

But oh yes..."Drawn too close and gone in a flash Just a few bruises in the region of the splash"... Saucy~~~~