T6 by The Cure Wish Deluxe Lyrics (unofficial)

As Europe enjoyed The Cure’s Songs for a Lost World Tour, Robert Smith announced the forthcoming Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album. It includes 24 previously unreleased tracks. And all of Curedom did a little happy dance. Robert Smith admitted that he had difficulty with the words (poetry), resulting in many of the new tracks being instrumentals. This struck me as unfortunate for someone I believe to be one of the best living poets, of the one I have read. The words of “Lovesong,” from Disintegration are beautiful in their simplicity and immensely compelling. “Plainsong,” from the same album, is a sonnet by Robert Smith to his wife, Mary. Here are my thoughts on “Plainsong.” https://disintegrationnation-cureblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/poetry-by-robert-smith-of-cure-band.html

Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition dropped on November 25, 2022. It has several instrumentals and one is “T6.” We will have to wait for Robert Smith to tell whether it means Track 6, which I assume it does. Below is a poem (unauthorized) I wrote to accompany the music of “T6” by The Cure.

 T6

Wednesday is the wickedest of days.

Half way there, half way gone,

Just like you.

I knew it would always end.

You live down the block,

And are a thousand miles away now.

I need something to believe in,

A bit to believe in,

Since I no longer believe in your kiss.

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Lyrics to “Miss Van Gogh” by The Cure (Unofficial)

 

As Europe is enjoying The Cure’s Songs for a Lost World Tour, Robert Smith announced the forthcoming Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album. It includes 24 previously unreleased tracks. And all of Curedom did a little happy dance. Robert Smith admitted that he had difficulty with the words (poetry), resulting in many of the new tracks being instrumentals. This struck me as unfortunate for someone I believe to be one of the best living poets, of the one I have read. The words of “Lovesong,” from Disintegration are beautiful in their simplicity and immensely compelling. “Plainsong,” from the same album, is a sonnet by Robert Smith to his wife, Mary. Here are my thoughts on “Plainsong.” https://disintegrationnation-cureblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/poetry-by-robert-smith-of-cure-band.html

Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition dropped on November 25, 2022. It has several instrumentals and one is “Miss Van Gogh.” We will have to wait for Robert Smith to tell whether it is about a female in the Van Gogh family or a person who is missing Van Gogh, the famous impressionist artist.

Below is a poem (unauthorized) I wrote to accompany the music of “Miss Van Gogh” by The Cure.

Miss Van Gogh Stars and moon, Neptune and “Ulalume,” I will see you soon. Yet you never return. You don’t belong here. You don’t belong here anymore. You have never belonged here. Dissolve away now, My effervescent one. To the gaudy side of nowhere. They don’t understand you. You don’t belong here. You don’t belong here anymore. You have never belonged here. Blues and greens, Swirls and whorls, Burst on the scene. You will never return. You don’t belong here. You don’t belong here anymore. You have never belonged here.

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Uyea Sound by The Cure - Unofficial Lyrics by Andrew Barger for Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

 

As Europe is enjoying The Cure’s Songs for a Lost World Tour, Robert Smith announced the forthcoming Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album. It includes 24 previously unreleased tracks. And all of Curedom did a little happy dance. Robert Smith admitted that he had difficulty with the words (poetry), resulting in many of the new tracks being instrumentals. This struck me as unfortunate for someone I believe to be one of the best living poets, of the one I have read. The words of “Lovesong,” from Disintegration are beautiful in their simplicity and immensely compelling. “Plainsong,” from the same album, is a sonnet by Robert Smith to his wife, Mary. Here are my thoughts on “Plainsong.” https://disintegrationnation-cureblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/poetry-by-robert-smith-of-cure-band.html

Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition drops on November 25, 2022. Fortunately, The Cure has released a few songs already. One of which is the highly anticipated instrumental, “Uyea Sound” that is haunting in its soundscapes. Below is a poem (unauthorized) I wrote to accompany the music of “Uyea Sound” by The Cure.  

Uyea Sound

Unofficial Lyrics by Andrew Barger

It’s been twenty sunsets

Since you left me,

On the Island Uyea.

Hush now,

Waves are breaking against Uyea

And winds speak its name.

Everyone is set

On changing the world.

I just wanted to change you.

Hush now,

Waves are breaking against Uyea

And winds speak its name.

Take it all in stride, they said.

Yea, Uyea boy, take it all in stride.

It’s in you I confide.

Hush now,

Waves are breaking against Uyea

And winds speak its name.

I return to where you left me

Twenty sunsets ago.

On the island Uyea

Hush now,

Waves are breaking against Uyea

And winds speak its name.

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Poetry by Robert Smith of The Cure Band -- "Plainsong"

 

It is well known that Robert Smith writes the lyrics for Cure songs. In my view, he is one of our greatest modern poets given his depth of feeling, artistry, and what Edgar Allan Poe would call "versification." There is little to no didacticism, or moralism, in Smith's lyrics.

One song from The Cure's Disintegration album jumps out at me as Smith's greatest sonnet. It is the first song on the 1989 album and titled "Plainsong." I believe it is a song that quotes his wife, Mary, when the two are standing in a cold wind that makes her feel like she is dead. Smith provides nothing about the setting of "Plainsong." The song is the cheeriest on the classic album.

Smith certainly intended it to be a sonnet, which has 14 lines of verse. The first two stanzas are quatrains. The third stanza has three lines and the last is a singular line. Of course there are no rules in poetry and Smith broke the standard English rule that each of the line of sonnet must contain 10 syllables.

You can read the lyrics to "Plainsong" on The Cure's official website. Note that the last line is not separated below the third stanza as it is on the album cover.

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