The Same Deep Water as You Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tebdanner 

Cover art for The Same Deep Water as You lyrics by Cure, The

This song is about...differences.

the difference between concrete and abstract.

depth of feeling.

Some love with depth. Some love with breadth.

Few love with both.

His sorrow is that he cant reciprocate depth. So he reciprocate what he can. That is tenderness.

The most tender part of the song, from the songwriters perspective.

The most vulnerable is.

The very last thing before I go. The very last thing before I go. The very last thing before I go... I will kiss you. I will kiss you. Iwill kiss you forever on nights like this. And we shall be together.

It is painful for him, because that is the depth of his reciprocation. He loves with a different truth. He loves with a different depth. It is a true depth. It is different, and he cant see or understand. That pains him. It is a pain that is holistic and complete. For he feels like he is shallow. "shallow drown is less than we."

Some are concrete. Some are abstract. This song is about the divide between the two. When Robert Smith dedicates this song...I think he dedicates it to his wife. It is poignant and true. It is about deep and utter surrender, and showing nothing for it.

Cant you see I tried.

Swiming the same deep water as you is hard.

The shallow drown is less than we.

We shall be together.... Not really. She goes to depths that he literally cant. Not because he is unwilling. He is unable, because of his internal make-up.

I think it is his anthem to his wife.

He is a deeply honest and literal songwriter.