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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