M Lyrics

Lyric discussion by The_Rebours 

Cover art for M lyrics by Cure, The

I'm sorry to say but you're all quite clearly wrong. M is the name of Fritz Lang's seminal film about a child killer in 1930s Germany (I think it's Dusseldorf, but you'd have to check yourselves to be certain). You can tell this quite clearly by the lines: "You'll fall in love with somebody else Tonight" (The child killer says that he can't help what he does - not unlike love)

"And ready for the next attack" (Attack another victim perhaps?).

Obviously it isn't solely about this film and resonates quite effectively as a love song, however the title's origin is in the Fritz Lang film, not his future wife.

@The_Rebours Totally. Once you see the movie, all the pieces fit. Things like

Sing me a line from your favorite song Referring to the song the murderer used to whistle while kidnapping the girls.

Twist and turn But you're trapped in the light All the directions were wrong Something like "you guys try everything you can to find the murderer but you all can see (hence "trapped in the light") and pay no atention to sounds because of it. That's why all your clues are useless, wrong". Remember, the one who found out who the murderer was, was a blind man...