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A lot of Cure songs are in the first person but obviously don't represent a perspective that RS agrees with. Just about the only thing I can say for certain about this song is that it's definitely one of them (so no worries, seanstuarthome!).
The Cure has been my favourite band since I first discovered them, in 1987 or '88 (it was sometime after (Kiss Me)^3 came out — I heard the song "How Beautiful You Are" and bugged my mother until she agreed to take me to the record store the next day so I could get the album — but before Disintegration) but I've been impressed by a lot of their later stuff too (post-Wild Mood Swings). I know a number of people who love their earlier stuff but think they've been going downhill since sometime in the '90s or so. I disagree. I'm always so amazed when I think about how long they've been living this exhausting lifestyle (touring, super high expectations, etc.) and still seem to have so much energy and creativity and stuff.">
The Real Snow White Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by GwiberWyrdd | SongMeanings
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A lot of Cure songs are in the first person but obviously don't represent a perspective that RS agrees with. Just about the only thing I can say for certain about this song is that it's definitely one of them (so no worries, seanstuarthome!).
The Cure has been my favourite band since I first discovered them, in 1987 or '88 (it was sometime after (Kiss Me)^3 came out — I heard the song "How Beautiful You Are" and bugged my mother until she agreed to take me to the record store the next day so I could get the album — but before Disintegration) but I've been impressed by a lot of their later stuff too (post-Wild Mood Swings). I know a number of people who love their earlier stuff but think they've been going downhill since sometime in the '90s or so. I disagree. I'm always so amazed when I think about how long they've been living this exhausting lifestyle (touring, super high expectations, etc.) and still seem to have so much energy and creativity and stuff." />
I was just listening to this song and puzzling over the lyrics (as I always do). I love them but find them consistently baffling. I like certain phrases in particular, like "when I came to in a sticky three-day hole" (reminds me of a couple of occasions back at university...though I'm not sure any of those could qualify as "three-day!") and "I didn't need to get ID, it's simply minimum height" (another one that brings back those university parties, where nobody bothered even pretending to be enforcing the drinking age), plus all the Snow White references (some of them to the Disney version, as peapod05 notes). What it all means has me completely confused, though. (Obviously that math PhD doesn't really mean I'm all that brilliant! People are way too impressed by that.)
I think it could be drugs, like some people I've talked to (and obviously some here too) think, but it could also be something to do with sex (isn't everything, after all? <g>).
A lot of Cure songs are in the first person but obviously don't represent a perspective that RS agrees with. Just about the only thing I can say for certain about this song is that it's definitely one of them (so no worries, seanstuarthome!).
The Cure has been my favourite band since I first discovered them, in 1987 or '88 (it was sometime after (Kiss Me)^3 came out — I heard the song "How Beautiful You Are" and bugged my mother until she agreed to take me to the record store the next day so I could get the album — but before Disintegration) but I've been impressed by a lot of their later stuff too (post-Wild Mood Swings). I know a number of people who love their earlier stuff but think they've been going downhill since sometime in the '90s or so. I disagree. I'm always so amazed when I think about how long they've been living this exhausting lifestyle (touring, super high expectations, etc.) and still seem to have so much energy and creativity and stuff.
I was just listening to this song and puzzling over the lyrics (as I always do). I love them but find them consistently baffling. I like certain phrases in particular, like "when I came to in a sticky three-day hole" (reminds me of a couple of occasions back at university...though I'm not sure any of those could qualify as "three-day!") and "I didn't need to get ID, it's simply minimum height" (another one that brings back those university parties, where nobody bothered even pretending to be enforcing the drinking age), plus all the Snow White references (some of them to the Disney version, as peapod05 notes). What it all means has me completely confused, though. (Obviously that math PhD doesn't really mean I'm all that brilliant! People are way too impressed by that.)
I think it could be drugs, like some people I've talked to (and obviously some here too) think, but it could also be something to do with sex (isn't everything, after all? <g>).
A lot of Cure songs are in the first person but obviously don't represent a perspective that RS agrees with. Just about the only thing I can say for certain about this song is that it's definitely one of them (so no worries, seanstuarthome!).
The Cure has been my favourite band since I first discovered them, in 1987 or '88 (it was sometime after (Kiss Me)^3 came out — I heard the song "How Beautiful You Are" and bugged my mother until she agreed to take me to the record store the next day so I could get the album — but before Disintegration) but I've been impressed by a lot of their later stuff too (post-Wild Mood Swings). I know a number of people who love their earlier stuff but think they've been going downhill since sometime in the '90s or so. I disagree. I'm always so amazed when I think about how long they've been living this exhausting lifestyle (touring, super high expectations, etc.) and still seem to have so much energy and creativity and stuff.