A Strange Day

Funny, I always thought this was supposed to be the thoughts of someone as they committed suicide (by walking out into the sea and drowning) rather than the end of the world.

Beautiful though.

i can't believe that there is no mention of the band's heavy drug use during this period. c'mon people Robert was tripping his ass off while he wrote this album! i'm not saying the lyrics aren't deep and meaningful, they are, but the harder to explain lyrics shouldn't be analyzed too hard. Unless of course you're on acid, then this album will probably make perfect sense. but yes i do think this song is about escaping, but more so about escaping reality.

I too always thought this song was about LSD... although the sound is very unique for some reason it kind of reminds me of some of The Doors lyrics (Strange Days etc.) As well I would recommend Siouxsie and the Banshee's Follow the Sun which seems to have a similar theme.

This is definitely about an LSD / mushroom trip and not about suicide.

The blind man is anyone not on LSD. The taking of hands is being led through the trip as a religious experience, echoes of Jesus.

The man playing on his knees is a religious person praying who cannot see the entire beauty of the world.

His head turning to dust and the sand and sea growing are the loss of the self and thought and the experience of the sea of souls that you perceive on a trip.

The rest of the song is about how you experience a trip on the seashore and seeing the beauty and meaning all around you in a way that is not comprehensible once you come down. It is then lost forever.

However, this song captures perfectly the feelings and experiences that you have.

IMHO - the best song on the Pornography album. I've said it before, but I'll say it again - Robert Smith is a freaking genius!

this is about a end on purpose. whoever it is commits suicide by drowning. that would be a strange day.

i dont think its about the end of the world. i think its the end of his world. i think its his suicide played out. he cant see the beauty of the world through his own eyes... "Give me your eyes That I might see the blind man kissing my hands The sun is humming My head turns to dust"

the beauty kills him, makes him sad, his mind cant process the beauty. he knows its there, but he cant see it through his foggy/depressed state.

"And the sand And the sea grows I close my eyes Move slowly through drowning waves Going away on a strange day"

he walks into the water, i refer to water because it says sea and sand and waves, but really i think it can be applied to any smothering thing, life itself, too many drugs, anything that leads to the end.hes ready to die. the sea gets higher around his body, slowly up to his neck. he keeps walking out towards the deepness, pushing through the waves.

"And I laugh as I drift in the wind Blind Dancing on a beach of stone"

i love this line... one of my most favourite of any song. here im not sure, maybe hes thinking back, as hes walking/swimming to his death. hes happy that hes blind to the ugliness of the world, and happy the end of his world is coming.

"My head falls backs And the walls crash down And the sky And the impossible Explode Held for one moment I remember a song An impression of sound Then everything is gone Forever"

here its obvious, hes under, and the end comes.

one of my favourite songs. i think it can also be applied to a drug overdose too... same theory. except with another self destructive method.

In my opnion, Pornography is the best of all the cure albums. It's tone and style was Robert Smith's tibutte to the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas.

THE SONG IS ABOUT SUICIDE, AND SUICIDE AT THE BEACH, AND HE IS SUCCESSFUL ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT.

'GIve me your eyes that I might see the blind man kissing my hand' refers to his dispair being to deep, he cannot see the blessings he has. The reference to a blind and paralyzed man kissing his hands and he needs help seeing it, menas he is asking for someone to show him what is good and worth living for. He then, blind with dispair, he walks into the ocean, 'as the sand and the sea grows' and this is the second time he has tried this 'and we're here again.....'.
'Head falls back adn the walls crash down..... an impression of sound and then everything is gone forever' HE IS DEAD. Chilling especailly if you here the guitar buld up on the last verse. It really projects the horros of suicide.
As usual, great lyrics by Robert Smith.

For me the best album ever and this my favourite song. This will be the song I will one day say goodbye to the world with. 'Held for one moment I remember a song' is what I want to be the last thing I remember about this world. Thank you for this song Robert.

Read the book "On The Beach" by Nevil Shute and the lyrics will make total sense.