The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Going under slowly
It never seems too late
Going under so slow
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to touch all this
I'm dressing up to dance all week
I'm dressing up to sleep
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to be all this
I could eat your face
I could eat all of you
Oh this night will never let me go
Going under slowly
Never seems too late
Going under slow
You'll pick me up again
It never seems too late
Going under so slow
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to touch all this
I'm dressing up to dance all week
I'm dressing up to sleep
Dressing up to kiss
Dressing up to be all this
I could eat your face
I could eat all of you
Oh this night will never let me go
Going under slowly
Never seems too late
Going under slow
You'll pick me up again
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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.”
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I'm fourteen Years old and just started listening to the Cure this morning and this is by far the most beautiful vocal performance entranced with haunting image creating lyrics i have ever heard if i ever have the chance to sing on a teen idol show i will definitly try to do something like this. Absolutely Beautiful, It literally brought tears to my eyes
@GreenDrag92 as a fellow fourteen year old here, I just wanted to say kudos to you for listening to The Cure. I've been a fan for a few years now, and they're absolutely my favorite band.
@GreenDrag92 lmao just realized this was from 2006. well, kudos to your 14 year old self, hope you are still listening :)
@GreenDrag92 and @clamm I've been listening to The Cure since I was about eleven: I heard "How Beautiful You Are" on a local college radio station, and the next day I asked my mother to take me to the record store so I could get a copy of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. (When I got home I listened to my new album over and over and over and over and...well, you get the idea. Fortunately, I had very tolerant parents.) Overall it had been a pretty lousy year for me, and discovering The Cure stood out as one of its few positives.<br /> <br /> I always get a warm fuzzy when I meet millennials who're into the wonderful '80s and '90s alternative music that I still love. (I'm not even sure whether the term "alternative" had caught on yet, or if it had, whether The Cure was considered "alternative" when I first started listening to them: I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall them being described as "New Wave" at the time.)