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Post by TemptationTwo on Mar 20, 2013 0:56:17 GMT 1

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I am slowing down,

as the years go by...

I am sinking.

So I trick myself,

like everybody else.

The secrets I hide

twist me inside.

They make me weaker.

So I trick myself,

like everybody else.

So I trick myself,

like everybody else...

I crouch in fear and wait.

I'll never feel again.

If only I could remember

anything at all...

The shallow drowned lose less than we...

sean Seventeen Seconds member Hello, Very pleased to meet you, this December will be 27th anniversary of my first live The Cure sh Posts: 66	Sinking Nov 22, 2014 15:12:01 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sean on Nov 22, 2014 15:12:01 GMT 1 that opening verse, like a mantra on those harder days that i guess we all have, yet rarely yearn for

melly80 Big Hand Wild Mood Swings member aka Hormona Posts: 4,222	Sinking Nov 22, 2014 17:24:51 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by melly80 on Nov 22, 2014 17:24:51 GMT 1 yes, another song about growing old/growing up, I think.

Pipperoo Big Hand Show Moon Moderator Posts: 19,045	Sinking Nov 23, 2014 10:12:26 GMT 1 via the ProBoards App thebighand likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pipperoo on Nov 23, 2014 10:12:26 GMT 1 I love the bridge. "I crouch in fear and wait. I'll never feel again if only I could if only I could if only I could remember, anything at all....."
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Post by mike65 on Aug 5, 2015 20:59:14 GMT 1

It´s a bit like getting older,

"I crouch in fear and wait.
I'll never feel again.

If only I could remember
anything at all... "

Haven´t really thought about my age before (soon to be 50) I was 25 years old just a couple of weeks ago,sometimes it hits me "who´s the old guy in the mirror" and then I REMEMBER...

cicalone The Top member Posts: 656	Sinking Aug 8, 2015 9:12:44 GMT 1 thebighand likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cicalone on Aug 8, 2015 9:12:44 GMT 1 great song!!!

vilak Three Imaginary Boys member Posts: 38	Sinking Sept 12, 2016 10:46:53 GMT 1 Pipperoo likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vilak on Sept 12, 2016 10:46:53 GMT 1 A fantastic song. Almost hypnotic for me. Eveything click perfectly, the music, the lyrics, the arrangments. A song about fearing life and realizing your only weapon to fight this is lie and denegation.

PL Seventeen Seconds member A night like this Posts: 60	Sinking Oct 21, 2016 14:37:49 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PL on Oct 21, 2016 14:37:49 GMT 1 yet another great Classic song

steve Big Hand random bootleg CRUMPET BOY Having trouble understanding Jane Posts: 55,170	Sinking Oct 21, 2016 14:38:38 GMT 1 wilgy, Pipperoo, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Oct 21, 2016 14:38:38 GMT 1 Oct 21, 2016 14:37:49 GMT 1 PL said: yet another great Classic song Aye. So, apart from it being "another classic", what do you think it's about?
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marilyn77 Faith member Hello from Germany :) Posts: 153	Sinking Jul 12, 2020 6:43:55 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by marilyn77 on Jul 12, 2020 6:43:55 GMT 1 great song

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Post by thebighand on Feb 26, 2024 21:40:27 GMT 1

"So I trick myself,
like everybody else."

Do you interpret it as "I trick myself as I trick everybody else" or "I trick myself and so does everybody else"?

I like the fact it works both ways and I see it as meaning both things at the same time.

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Feb 26, 2024 21:40:27 GMT 1 thebighand said:

"So I trick myself,
like everybody else."

Do you interpret it as "I trick myself as I trick everybody else" or "I trick myself and so does everybody else"?

I like the fact it works both ways and I see it as meaning both things at the same time.

I take this as I trick myself in the same way as others trick themselves.
With the "Like everybody else", Cry emphasising it.
This seems to be a song about guilt. About something that happened that he doesn't want to talk about but has pulled him into a really dark place.
It could easily be about putting stuff in the dishwasher wrong. But I doubt it

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gaijin Pornography member Posts: 262	Sinking Mar 15, 2024 21:12:22 GMT 1 steve likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gaijin on Mar 15, 2024 21:12:22 GMT 1 I think it's about getting old and the conceit we each have that we have plenty of time
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