This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
Whisper your name in an empty room
You brush past my skin
As soft as fur
Taking hold
I taste your scent
Distant noises
Other voices
Pounding in my broken head
Commit the sin
Commit yourself
And all the other voices said
Change your mind
You're always wrong
Come around at Christmas
I really have to see you
Smile at me slyly
Another festive compromise
But I live with desertion
And eight million people
Distant noises
Other voices
Pulsing in my swinging arms
Caress the sound
So many dead
And all the other voices said
Change your mind
You're always wrong
You brush past my skin
As soft as fur
Taking hold
I taste your scent
Distant noises
Other voices
Pounding in my broken head
Commit the sin
Commit yourself
And all the other voices said
Change your mind
You're always wrong
Come around at Christmas
I really have to see you
Smile at me slyly
Another festive compromise
But I live with desertion
And eight million people
Distant noises
Other voices
Pulsing in my swinging arms
Caress the sound
So many dead
And all the other voices said
Change your mind
You're always wrong
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
This is one of the most wonderful cure songs, in my opinion. Do you ever get the feeling that you are all alone in this world? Trying to find the perfect love, but you are always wrong and should stop trying to fool yourself?
@zephy76 absolutely. Desertion is prevalent, you're alone with billions of people on earth. He gets it right for me every time. I'm as depressed as he was back then which is why I love them so much. I've seen them 9x and would do it again!
I love this song, like so many Cure-songs. The screaming at the beginning is awesome!!
@placebist I LOVE those little noises he makes at the beginning or end of a song. They make him so unique!
Definately one of the best the cure songs, and since the cure is the best band ever, that would make this one of the best songs ever.
I really like "But I live with desertion And eight million people"
It's so true! These days we live in city's /countries with millions of people, we got internet and everything, but STILL people are lonely and stuff.
I love this song to bits.
Mr. Smith explained it as "the sickness of lust," (along the lines of "The Kiss.")
I play bass, and am extremely grateful that they really tired on this one, as on most of their songs, e.g., In Between Days, Killin an Arab, the bass is extremely simple. Love the Cure to death, but they strike me as chronic underachievers.
Smith said the following about Other Voices:
"This one's a bit difficult...umm...blotting out the world through the eating of forbidden fruit? deafened by lust?"
The bass in this song is soooo...cool! One of the best Cure songs
I think it was inspired by the novel OTHER VOICES OTHER ROOMS by Truman Capote.
i cant believe only one person has written something about this song! its one of my favorites. cool bass, in the beggining especially.
For some reason the lyrics, "Commit the sin, Commit yourself." Really hit a chord with me. I don't know. I first heard this about two years ago when I was going through a reabby rocky period in my life and I felt that this song was just WRITTEN for me, you know what I mean?
I know exactly what you mean tokyo eye. Music has that power to make it seem like a particular song was written for you. Sometimes the sounds and words just go so well with what you're feeling. This is not my favorite Cure song. But this is my favorite Cure album. It is supposed to be a complete work, and Other Voices was never really meant to be a single (but those record companies, dont'cha know...). Still, It works so well within the confines of Faith that I still love the song.
I love this song, like so many Cure-songs. The screaming at the beginning is awesome!!