The Cure

The Baby Screams

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Heaven
Give me a sign
Waiting for the sun to shine
Pleasure fills up my dreams
And I love it
Like a baby screams

Its so useless
How can you be proud
When you're sinking into the ground
Into the ground fills up my dreams
And I love it
Like a baby screams

Couldn't ask for more you said
Take it all
And strike me
Strike me dead

Waiting again
Waiting
Like I waited before
Waiting again
Waiting here for nothing at all
Heaven fills up my dreams
And I love it
Like a baby screams

Couldn't ask for more you said
Couldn't ever let it end
Take it all
Take it all
And strike me dead

Heaven!
Heaven!

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oofus On May 21, 2001

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by robertsmith

18y ago

nobody loves baby screams so if you love something like the baby screams you prob. despise it quite much robertlane

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by voodoodolly

17y ago

This song is about frustration, depression, and disillusionment. He has these dreams, but they're useless as they aren't real and he doesn't know how to realize them. He feels helpless, like a baby screaming. The end of the song is a response to people who might say something like "it could be worse". He's saying what he has doesn't matter, and he'd rather give it up & die then continue on with his pointless existence.

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by jancsibohoc

21y ago

THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING

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by robertsmith

18y ago

nobody loves baby screams so if you love something like the baby screams you prob. despise it quite much robertlane

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