A Forest

To me, its about being enticed by the perfect girl despite the theory being a myth. Obviously he goes along with the idea, only to find her being the same as everybody else.

Come closer and see See into the trees Find the girl While you can Come closer and see See into the dark Just follow your eyes Just follow your eyes

this is about thinking you see love, and hoping it is real. it's about staying cautious at the same time, and taking things as they come.

I hear her voice Calling my name The sound is deep In the dark I hear her voice And start to run Into the trees Into the trees

this is the feeling that you know it has to be love, and you start making sacrifices, and start realizing how deeply you love them. (the "into the trees")

Suddenly I stop But I know it's too late I'm lost in a forest All alone The girl was never there It's always the same I'm running towards nothing Again and again and again

after all the sacrifices you've made and after something you felt so strongly about, the other person does something to betray or hurt you. it starts to make you think that maybe the whole time you're love was an illusion....and that again, you are going to have to search for that missing love.

He's talking about falling in love with someone that doesn't love him.

The song, I think, is about think you're seeing love in a girl, and you start "following" her. The "Into the trees" thing.

"But suddenly I stop Im lost in a forest" He finds out that the girls doesn't like him at all...

To me, this seems like a metaphore for the narrator's experiences in love. After all, the whole concept of looking for love in another person means looking at them as something other than they really are, and after you realize they are a person and not your "beloved", you are left alone, hence:

Suddenly I stop But I know it's too late I'm lost in a forest All alone The girl was never there It's always the same I'm running towards nothing Again and again and again

by incu on 05-24-2004 @ 04:33:32 AM
the girl is the "american dream"

I can see how that would work, but I don't see it in this song... Interesting theory, though.

my favourite song by the cure.

..i'm way too tired to start deciphering it now that i'm here, though. damn it!

freakishfae hit the nail on the head.

Looking for something inside someone that doesn't exist within that person. Putting all your eggs in one basket.

great song! great mood he creates!

The song is about trees being analogous to lifeless, pointless, pablum people. And trying to find beauty and love, and life in a "forest". But only losing yourself instead.

Again, pay close attention to the music, and how every melody in the song is another tree sprouting from the ground into the sky before your face.

The da dum! da dum, da dum, da dum! are four more trees between you and what you dream of.

cry Best the cure song, best song ever. I often get goosebumps when I listen to it. THE CURE!