The Caterpillar

Another of the cure's somewhat abstract lovesongs... I just like the imagery on this one.

Flowing in And filling up my hopeless heart Oh never never go Dust my lemon lies With powder pink and sweet The day I stop Is the day you change And fly away from me

She enters his life, makes him feel whole.. then something hapens and she flutters away.

Such a great song. I still listen to my cassette of this, I need to get it on a CD.

I think this is about a manipulative relationship. Caterpillar Girl doesn't realize her 'muchness' - how beautiful she is, ect.

"Dust my lemon lies with powder pink and sweet." He tells her little things that boost her just enough to put her down again, keeping her down, with him, to keep her from flying away. Through everything, she "dusts everything with powder pink and sweet" in his life -- she's "sweet" to him, does everything for him.

"The day I stop's the day you change and fly away from me." The day he stops manipulating her, the day she becomes free and realizes who she is, she becomes a butterfly and flies away from him.

have you seen the video??? SOOOO freaky! Its like really fantastic imagery there are these guys in this chinese dragon costume dancing around all scarily and is set inside a big french type arboretum, and there are big huge tropical plants everywhere, and the entire keyboard of the piano keeps bouncing up and down like the piano is made of play-doh or somethign, and even the guitarist' guitar is bouncing up and down disturbingly. it is a fuckin trip.

Absolutely beautiful song..

I think Robert Smith loves Caterpillar heavy equipment and their ability to change the surface of the earth, which he, for some reason, has attributed to be a girl (Mother Earth?) He is afraid nobody will operate the bulldozer if he goes on a lunch break and gets lost in the bathroom. Well, that's what I get out of the song.

when I heard this song for the first time I was like can someone actually make this kind of music, but soon I fell in love with it. the video is crazy, I think the bouncing keyboard of the piano is an amazing thing, makes me smile every time I see it!! but I agree with GothicBlade, it's about a girl who just flutters away from a guy.

This is what I marched down the aisle to for my wedding. I thought it was appropriate.

I like to see this song as a companion to the song "Shake dog shake" on the same album. A "pure" girl that gives you hope to overcome the loathsome beast that is yourself.

Does anyone know where I can see the Caterpillar music video? I can't find the Galore dvd anywhere. I love this song it's beautiful. -Amanda