An Analysis Of Robert Smith's Song 'The Cure'

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Working with Lyrics Written in 1988 by Robert Smith during one of his many bouts with depression, and subsequently performed by him and his band, The Cure, on the hit album Disintegration, the musical piece Homesick made a permanent mark on music history and on me. Constantly labeled differently when it comes to their genre of music, the band is generally considered “goth rock”, and this song seems to fit right into that category. However, there is a lot more to this song, which at first could easily be taken for almost any heavyhearted pop ballad. It is actually a meticulously well-balanced song, where the lyrics and the music have an almost symbiotic relationship. Having a rather gloomy and at times even sort of eerie, but sensual tone to it, the lyrics have a distinctive pattern to them that is commonplace when it comes to Smith's writing. Another almost typical trait for the band is that the song has a musical track that is humbly existing in the background so …show more content…

When the lyrics describe how the narrator's mouth is dry and that his eyes are “bursting hearts”, it makes me think of incessant crying, which seems like a natural reaction when battling depression or feelings of loss and sorrow, so in that way the song is quite straight-forward. The graphic depiction of the narrator's feelings may seem to be what sets the tone and premises of the song, but I feel that there are more aspects to it. I believe that even though the lyrics may come across as those found in common love songs, this song in constrast manages to display an aspect of wanting to change the situation they are in, trying to convince something, or someone, to give them yet another

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