Pictures of You – The Cure：歌詞及意思

Pictures of You (1989) – The Cure

I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they’re real
I’ve been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel

Pictures of You (1989) – The Cure

歌曲Pictures of You，由英國搖滾樂隊 The Cure 在1990年唱出。歌曲長達7分29秒(專輯版)，歌曲類型屬於Gothic Rock 歌德式搖滾，填詞作曲由樂隊成員 Boris Williams、Simon Gallup、Roger O’Donnell、Robert Smith、Porl Thompson 及 Lol Tolhurst，歌曲被收錄於專輯《Disintegration》。

在當時，歌曲登上美國流行歌曲排行榜 Billboard Hot 100及英國單曲排行榜。期後被美國《滾石》雜誌列入500首最佳歌曲之一。

歌曲靈感源於樂隊主音 Robert Smith’s 家中一場火災，火災後重回舊地，找到銀包，裡面有一張他妻子的照片，感到有趣便創作了歌曲。

歌詞方面

填詞作曲由樂隊成員 Boris Williams、Simon Gallup、Roger O’Donnell、Robert Smith、Porl Thompson 及 Lol Tolhurst

I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they’re real
I’ve been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel

Remembering you standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close
How I always held close in your fear
Remembering you running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow
You screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage to let it all go

Remembering you, fallen into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white, so delicate
Lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Remembering you how you used to be
Slow drowned, you were angels
So much more than everything
Hold for the last time then slip away quietly
Open my eyes, but I never see anything

If only I’d thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I’d thought of the right words
I wouldn’t be breaking apart all my pictures of you

Looking so long at these pictures of you
But I never hold on to your heart
Looking so long for the words to be true
But always just breaking apart
My pictures of you

There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
My pictures of you

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