Saturday, June 9, 2007

39

so the fire is almost out and there's nothing left to burn
i've run right out of thoughts and i've run right out of words
as i used them up, i used them up...
yeah the fire is almost cold and there's nothing left to burn
i've run right out of feeling and i've run right out of world
and everything i promised, and everything i tried
yeah everything i ever did
i used to feed the fire
i used to feed the fire
i used to feed the fire
i used to feed the fire
but the fire is almost out is almost out...
and there's nothing left to burn
no there's nothing left to burn
not even this...
and the fire is almost dead and there's nothing left to burn
i've finished everything...
and all the things i promised, and all the things i tried
yeah all the things i ever dreamed i used to feed the fire
i used to feed the fire
i used to feed the fire
i used to feed the fire
but the fire is almost out...
half my life i've been here
half my life in flames
using all i ever had
to keep the fire ablaze
to keep the fire ablaze
to keep the fire ablaze
to keep the fire ablaze...
but there's nothing left to burn
no there's nothing left to burn
and the fire is almost out
the fire is almost out
yeah the fire is almost out
almost out, almost out
almost out, almost out...

and there's nothing left to burn

Bloodflowers albümünde yer alır. Robert Smith 39 yaşında iken yazmıştır bu şarkıyı.
"so the fire is almost out and there's nothing left to burn
i've run right out of thoughts and i've run right out of words"
Bu şarkıdan itibaren eskisi gibi güzel söz yazamamaya başladı Robert.

2 Late

So I'll wait for you
Where I always wait
Behind the signs that sell the news
I'll watch for you like yesterday
And hope for you
One day that once
Spent out on me
And up 'til late
I search for you
Your hat pushed straight
Away from me
Your measured step
Heads up you win
Always too late
If I could just once catch your eye
Invisible against the words
That hold you down in solitude
And never let you go
The way that every time
My eyes just close
Like lids of wooden men in file
I put you under rainy day
Your hat's all off
And I'm gone away...

Lovesong single'ının b-side parçasıdır. Ayrıca Join The Dots'ın 2. CD'sinde yer alır. Robert Smith, bu şarkının bir single olabileceğinden çok eminmiş. Ancak Disintegration albümünde kendine yer bulamayınca b-side olarak kalmış.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

10:15 Saturday Night

10.15
Saturday night
And the tap drips
Under the strip light
And I'm sitting
In the kitchen sink
And the tap drips
Drip drip drip drip drip drip drip...

Waiting
For the telephone to ring
And I'm wondering
Where she's been
And I'm crying for yesterday
And the tap drips
Drip drip drip drip drip drip drip...

It's always the same...

1979 tarihli Three Imaginary Boys albümünün açılış, 1980 tarihli Boys Don't Cry albümünün ise 3. parçasıdır. Join The Dots albümünün kitapçığında yazılanlara göre, bu şarkı ilk olarak Chris Parry'nin dikkatini çekmiş. Parry, yeni kurduğu Fiction Plak Şirketi'ne The Cure'ü kabul etmiş ve böylece, yıllar boyunca sürecek bir işbirliğini başlatmış olmuş.
Robert Smith, bu şarkıyı 16 yaşında iken, çok sıkıldığı bir Cumartesi akşamı, mutfak masasında oturur ve de babasının ev yapımı birasını içerken yazmış.