It's so hard to think it ends sometimes

I have been listening to Cut Here in my car for the past couple of days, and sobbing my eyes out. This song has a painful resonance with a family situation I am going through and have been for a while. It's not something I talk about a lot, but it is something that has started to haunt me again.

 

I believe that Cut Here is the best Cure ballad and perhaps the best Cure song, period. It is gut-wrenching lyrically, and vocally. Robert moves through many emotional phases throughout the song: sadness, nostalgic yearning, bitter self-loathing, tenderness... the song is a catharsis for him, and yet, by the end, he remains locked in the prison of his regrets.

 

This song teaches us the value of friendships - and by extension, we can extrapolate its plaintive plea to the value of family and significant others.

 

For those of you who don't know the story of the song, it's about Robert's friendship with Billy Mackenzie of the Associates. He and Robert had not seen each other for a while, and they run into each other one day. Billy wants to have a drink with Robert, but Robert is in too much of a rush. Later, Robert learns of Billy's suicide. Hence, the song.

 

More about the interpretation of the song can be found here:

 

www.lyricinterpretations.com/lookat.php/bands/The-Cure/b9...

 

I dare you to defy the tears when listening to this song. Not only is the story itself heartbreaking beyond fathom, but it induces you to think about your own "missed opportunities."

 

I really need to resolve that family situation. Thank you, Robert, for reminding me to cherish those I love, and to not squander my time with them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Done