This document appears to be the lyrics to songs by The Cure. It contains lyrics for 18 different songs spanning their discography from 1978-1989, including songs like "Fascination Street", "Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong", and "Friday I'm in Love". The lyrics cover themes of love, loss, isolation, and mental health.

1. 4:13
TRIBUTO A THE CURE
BbCure Sessions
Fascination Street
10:15 Saturday night
Just Like Heaven
Push
M
Charlotte Sometimes
Lovesong
In between days
A Letter To Elise
Play for today
The figurehead
A night like this
The walk
Friday I'm In Love
Three imaginary boys
A forest
Killing an Arab
Boys Don't Cry

2. Fascination Street
oh it's opening time down on
fascination street so let's cut
the conversation and get out
for a bit because i feel it all
fading and paling and i'm
begging to drag you down
with me to kick the
last nail in yeah i like you in
that like i like you to scream
but if you open your mouth
then i cant be responsible
for quite what goes in or to
care what comes out so just
pull on your hair
just pull on your pout and
let's move to the beat like
we know that it's over if you
slip going under slip over my
shoulder so just pull on your
face just pull on your feet
and let's hit opening time
down on fascination street
so pull on your hair pull on
your pout cut the
conversation just open your
mouth pull on your face pull
on your feet and let's hit
opening time
down on fascination street
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 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 drip
It's always the same
Just Like Heaven
"Show me how you do that
trick

3. The one that makes me
scream" she said
"The one that makes me
laugh" she said
And threw her arms around
my neck
"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise
that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed
her head
And dreamed of all the
different ways I had
To make her glow
"Why are you so far away?"
she said
"Why won't you ever know
that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest
oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
Daylight licked me into
shape
I must have been asleep for
days
And moving lips to breathe
her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone
alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I
loved
And drowned her deep
inside of me
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven
Push
Go go go
Push him away
No no no
Don't let him stay

4. He gets inside to stare at
her
The seeping mouth
The mouth that knows
The secret you
Always you
A smile to hide the fear
away
Oh smear this man across
the walls
Like strawberries and cream
Its the only way to be
Exactly the same clean
room
Exactly the same clean bed
But I've stayed away too
long this time
And I've got too big to fit this
time...
M
Hello image
Sing me a line from your
favourite song
Twist and turn
But you're trapped in the
light
All the directions were
wrong
You'll fall in love with
somebody else
Tonight
Help yourself
But tell me the words
Before you fade away
You reveal all the secrets
To remember the end
And escape someday
You'll fall in love with
somebody else
Again tonight
Take a step
You move in time
But it's always back ...
The reasons are clear
Your face is drawn
And ready for the next
attack
Charlotte Sometimes
All the faces
All the voices blur
Change to one face
Change to one voice
Prepare yourself for bed
The light seems bright
And glares on white walls
All the sounds of

5. Charlotte sometimes
Into the night with
Charlotte sometimes
Night after night she lay
alone in bed
Her eyes so open to the
dark
The streets all looked so
strange
They seemed so far away
But Charlotte did not cry
The people seemed so
close
Playing expressionless
games
The people seemed
So close
So many
Other names...
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Where all the other people
Dance
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Charlotte sometimes
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Expressionless the trance
Sometimes I'm dreaming
So many different names
Sometimes I'm dreaming
The sounds all stay the
same
Sometimes I'm dreaming
She hopes to open
shadowed eyes
On a different world
Come to me
Scared princess
Charlotte sometimes
On that bleak track
(See the sun is gone again)
The tears were pouring
down her face
She was crying and crying
for a girl
Who died so many years
before...
Sometimes I dream
Where all the other people
dance
Sometimes I dream
Charlotte sometimes
Sometimes I dream
The sounds all stay the
Same
Sometimes I'm dreaming
There are so many different
names
Sometimes I dream
Sometimes I dream...
Charlotte sometimes crying
for herself
Charlotte sometimes
dreams a wall around

6. herself
But it's always with love
With so much love it looks
like
Everything else
Of Charlotte sometimes
So far away
Glass sealed and pretty
Charlotte sometimes
Lovesong
whenever I'm alone with you
you make me feel
like i am home again
whenever i'm alone with
you you make me feel like i
am whole again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel
like i am young again
whenever i'm alone with
you you make me feel like i
am fun again
however far away i will
always love you however
long i stay i will always love
you whatever
words i say i will always love
you i will always
love you
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel
like i am free again
whenever i'm alone with
you you make me feel like i
am clean again
however far away i will
always love you however
long i stay i will always love
you whatever
words i say i will always love
you i will always
love you
Inbetween Days
Yesterday I got so old
I felt like I could die
Yesterday I got so old
It made me want to cry
Go on go on
Just walk away
Go on go on

7. Your choice is made
Go on go on
And disappear
Go on go on
Away from here
And I know I was wrong
When I said it was true
That it couldn't be me and
be her
Inbetween without you
Without you
Yesterday I got so scared
I shivered like a child
Yesterday away from you
It froze me deep inside
Come back come back
Don't walk away
Come back come back
Come back today
Come back come back
Why can't you see?
Come back come back
Come back to me
And I know I was wrong
When I said it was true
That it couldn't be me and
be her
Inbetween without you
Without you
A Letter To Elise
oh elise it doesn't matter
what you say
i just can't stay here every
yesterday
like keep on acting out the
same
the way we act out
every way to smile
forget
and make-believe we never
needed
any more than this
any more than this
oh elise it doesn't matter
what you do
i know i'll never really get
inside of you
to make your eyes catch fire
the way they should

8. the way the blue could pull
me in
if they only would
if they only would
at least i'd lose this sense of
sensing something else
that hides away
from me and you
there're worlds to part
with aching looks and
breaking hearts
and all the prayers your
hands can make
oh i just take as much as
you can throw
and then throw it all away
oh i throw it all away
like throwing faces at the
sky
like throwing arms round
yesterday
i stood and stared
wide-eyed in front of you
and the face i saw looked
back
the way i wanted to
but i just can't hold my tears
away
the way you do
elise believe i never wanted
this
i thought this time i'd keep
all of my promises
i thought you were the girl
always dreamed about
but i let the dream go
and the promises broke
and the make-believe ran
out...
oh elise
it doesn't matter what you
say
i just can't stay here every
yesterday
like keep on acting out the
same
the way we act out
every way to smile
forget
and make-believe we never
needed
any more than this
any more than this
and every time i try to pick it
up
like falling sand
as fast as i pick it up
it runs away through my
clutching hands
but there's nothing else i can
really do

9. there's nothing else
i can really do
at all...
Play for today
I's not a case of doing
what's right
It's just the way I feel that
matters
Tell me I'm wrong
I don't really care
It's not a case of share and
share alike
I take what I require
I don't understand ...
You say it's not fair
You expect me to act
Like a lover
Consider my moves
And deserve the reward
To hold you in my arms
And wait
And wait
And wait
For something to happen
It's not a case of telling the
truth
Some lines just fit the
situation
Call me a liar
You would anyway
It's not a case of aiming to
please
You know you're always
crying
It's just your part
In the play for today
The Figurehead
Sharp and open
Leave me alone
And sleeping less every
night
As the days become heavier
and weighted
Waiting
In the cold light
A noise
A scream tears my clothes
as
the figurines tighten
With spiders inside them
And dust on the lips of a
vision
of hell
I laughed in the mirror for
the
first time in a year
A hundred other words blind
me with your purity

10. Like an old painted doll in
the
throes of dance
I think about tomorrow
Please let me sleep
As I slip down the window
Freshly squashed fly
You mean nothing
You mean nothing
I can lose myself in Chinese
art
and American girls
All the time
Lose me in the dark
Please do it right
Run into the night
I will lose myself tomorrow
Crimson pain
My heart explodes
My memory in a fire
And someone will listen
At least for a short while
I can never say no to
anyone
but you
Too many secrets
Too many lies
Writhing with hatred
Too many secrets
Please make it good tonight
But the same image haunts
me
In sequence
In despair of time
I will never be clean again
I touched her eyes
Pressed my stained face
I will never be clean again
Touch her eyes
Press my stained face
I will never be clean again
A Night Like This
Say goodbye on a night like
this
If it's the last thing we ever
do
You never looked as lost as
this
Sometimes it doesn't even
look like you
It goes dark
It goes darker still
Please stay
But I watch you like I'm
made of stone
As you walk away...
I'm coming to find you if it
takes me all night
A witch hunt for another girl
For always and ever is
always for you
Your trust
The most gorgeously stupid
thing I ever cut in the world
Say hello on a day like
today
Say it every time you move

11. The way that you look at me
now
Makes me wish I was you
It goes deep
It goes deeper still
This touch
And the smile and the shake
of your head...
I'm coming to find you if it
takes me all night
Can't stand here like this
anymore
For always and ever is
always for you
I want it to be perfect
Like before...
I want to change it all
I want to change
The Walk
I called you after midnight
Then ran until I burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door
We walked around a lake
And woke up in the rain
And everyone turned over
Troubled in their dreams
again
Visiting time is over
And so we walk away
And both play dead then cry
out loud
Why we always cry this
way?
I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered
everything...
I called you after midnight
Then ran until my heart
burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door
I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered
everything...
Friday I'm In Love
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and
Wednesday too
Thursday i don't care about
you
It's Friday I'm in love
Monday you can fall apart

12. Tuesday, Wednesday break
my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
Saturday wait
And sunday always comes
too late
But Friday never hesitate...
I don't care if Monday's
black
Tuesday, Wednesday heart
attack
Thursday never looking
back
It's Friday I'm in love
Monday you can hold your
head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay
in bed
Or Thursday watch the walls
instead
It's Friday I'm in love
Saturday wait
And sunday always comes
too late
But Friday never hesitate...
Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your
spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the
sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you in the middle of
the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday
I'm in love
Three Imaginary Boys
Walk across the garden
In the footsteps of my
shadow
See the lights out
No one's home
In amongst the statues
Stare at nothing in
The garden moves
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning
brings
Waiting for tomorrow

13. Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys
Slipping through the door
Hear my heart beats in the
hallway
Echoes
Round and round
Inside my head
Drifting up the stairs
I see the steps behind me
Disappearing
Can you help me?
Close my eyes
And hold so tightly
Scared of what the morning
brings
Waiting for tomorrow
Never comes
Deep inside
The empty feeling
All the night time leaves me
Three imaginary boys sing
in my
Sleep sweet child
The moon will change your
mind
See the cracked reflection
Standing still
Before the bedroom mirror
Over my shoulder
But no one's there
Whispers in the silence
Pressing close behind me
Pressing close behind
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
Can you help me?
A Forest
Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
If you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing

14. Again and again and again
and again
Killing an Arab
Standing on a beach
With a gun in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring down the barrel
At the Arab on the ground
See his open mouth
But hear no sound
I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab
I can turn and walk away
Or I can fire the gun
Staring at the sky
Staring at the sun
Whichever I choose
It amounts to the same
Absolutely nothing
I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab
Feel the steel butt jump
Smooth in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring at myself
Reflected in the eyes of
The dead man on the beach
The dead man
On the beach
I'm alive
I'm dead
I'm the stranger
Killing an Arab
Boys Don't Cry
I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would
change your mind
But I know that this time
I've said too much
Been too unkind
I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and
Laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry
I would break down at your
feet
And beg forgiveness
Plead with you
But I know that
It's too late
And now there's nothing I
can do

15. So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to
laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
I would tell you
That I loved you
If I thought that you would
stay
But I know that it's no use
That you've already
Gone away
Misjudged your limits
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
I thought that you needed
me more
Now I would do most
anything
To get you back by my side
But I just
Keep on laughing
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry
Boys don't cry