FREEROBERT SMITH: THE CURE AND WISHFUL THINKING EBOOK Richard Carman | 256 pages | 08 Sep 2005 | John Blake Publishing Ltd | 9780954970413 | English | London, United Kingdom The Cure - One Hundred Years Lyrics | SongMeanings Almost 20 years on from PornographyinRobert Smith sat down to think about where he wanted his band to go next. The last few records had been predominately upbeat affairs, and for some peculiar reason, he got to thinking about The Cure of the s. I listened to them a couple of times each. I got very drunk. And got to thinking about what makes these records so special? They are always the two records that are brought up by Cure fans Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking being the ones Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking seem to symbolise everything they like about The Cure. And for me as well, they are probably the Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking key albums that define The Cure, so I wanted something to follow that. However, this trilogy, happened entirely by accident. While spending that weekend drinking and rediscovering those earlier records, one thing that had never occured to him before suddenly struck Smith. Upon rediscovering his bleak 80s muse, Smith found that both Pornography and Disintegration were unwittingly encroaching upon their current tour. And then The Cure could stop. Phil was trying to make it too nice… I wanted it to be virtually unbearable. Your fans are gonna hate it. Smith, meanwhile, just found it all faintly hilarious. His fanbase had entirely changed almost overnight. It was a very weird transition, but I enjoyed it. I thought it was really funny. They had become a huge stadium rock band. When we were gonna make the album I decided I would be monk-like and not talk to anyone. It was a bit pretentious really, looking back, but I actually wanted an environment that was slightly unpleasant. The new material giving the band a chance to stretch out and enjoy themselves. The family idea of the group really fell apart too after Disintegration. It was the end of the golden period. Louder Together we're Louder. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer. See more Louder features. Wishful Thinking Urdu Meaning with Definition Lyrics submitted by oofus. Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. Log in. Mixtapes Forums Lyrics Artists add Journals. Artists - C. One Hundred Years is found on the album Paris. The Cure — One Hundred Years. It doesn't matter if we all die Ambition in the back of a black car In a high building there is so much to do Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking home time A story on the radio Something small falls out of your mouth And we laugh A prayer for something better A prayer For something better Please love me Meet my mother But the fear takes hold Creeping up the stairs in the dark Waiting for the death blow Waiting for the death blow Waiting for the death blow Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot Fighting for freedom on the television Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs Have we got everything? She struggles to get away The pain And the creeping feeling A little black haired girl Waiting for Saturday The death of her father pushing her Pushing her white face into the mirror Aching inside me And turn me round Just like the old days Just like the old days Just like the old days Just like the old days Caressing an old man And painting a lifeless face Just a piece of new meat in a clean room The soldiers close in under a yellow moon All shadows and deliverance Under a black flag A hundred years of blood Crimson The ribbon tightens round my throat I open my mouth And my head bursts open A sound like a tiger thrashing in the water Thrashing in the water Over and over We die one after the other Over and over We die one after the other One after the other One after the other One after the other One after the other It feels like a hundred years A hundred years A hundred years A hundred years A hundred years One hundred years Edit Lyrics. One Hundred Years song meanings. Add your thoughts 44 Comments. Song Meaning Firstly, you have to bare in mind that so many of the songs on Pornography were so psychedelically drug-fuelled, lacking in context, often attempting to merely sound dark and depressing for the sake of it - and often meaningless in reality. Smith said himself that he wanted to album to sound "virtually unbearable". My interpretation of the song is, taking the name literally - One Hundred Years - It's essentially about a century of bloodshed, bloodlust, anger, greed and darkness. All the downfalls of human nature and their consequences. The different stanzas could be seen as referring to a different period from the last century - 'Ambition in the Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking of black car' which might be metaphorical'In a high building [office block] there is so much to do' - suicidal or terrorist connotations. In the following stanzas - references to soldiers and war, take your pick from the many political conflicts and wars which have occurred over the last century Baring in mind it was the past hundred years from when the song was written. The lyrics could be seen as revealing short stories in their own right, but I don't think there's any deep, meaningful, revealing context to be gleamed from the lyrics. The whole song is just a despairing look everything wrong in the world. The human Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking makes advances on Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking surface, but nothing really changes with time; human greed and selfishness and suffering are ever- present. All the same problems that plague humanity continue to exist over an entire century, just as they have for the already centuries past. One Hundred Years of darkness, suffering, inquality and despair. The opening line is essentially a summary of the whole song 'It doesn't matter if we all die' - and the world probably wouldn't suffer one Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking from it. There was an error. Spoike exceptional insight. I concur. Flag painted on February 21, Spoike you said it's meaningful, but you gave a deep meaning. Flag old on February 08, General Comment The way the guitars and lyrics Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking and twist dismally around each other in this song For the duration of this song, I feel like I'll never be free. I love how it opens Pornography with it's utter hopelessness, but as the album progresses, Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking develops just a tiny glimmer of hope entwined in all of the blackness. There's nothing like it. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment Omg i had a long, in-depth interpretation of this song but i lost it x[ The song in general is about the meaninglessness of life, and how we will all die anyway. But i took a more literal look at the lyrics and this is what i came up with: The song switches POVs between a soldier and his daughter. The daughter had once been depressed about life thinking it was pointless, but once her father died at war, she again adopted this way of thinking and freed herself from her horrible life by killing herself. The soldier, her father, also thought the world was pointless too because he was at war, where he could be killed any moment, and not at home with his family. He ends up getting killed, and later more of his fellow soldiers get killed too, making the meaning of the song "It doesn't matter if we all die" even more true. Of course, i could be wrong but lyrics are subjective anyway. Very depressing and haunting song. I adore the Cure especially their goth era! General Comment This is essential Cure right here! Beautiful song about the futility of life, love, and death. General Comment this has to Robert Smith: The Cure and Wishful Thinking their best song, besides "fascination street". General Comment This song has the coolest beat and pretty much sums up my life. Sad, isnt it? That's all that needs to be said. This song makes me wanna spin around like a maniac. General Comment Oh yeah, it doesn't matter if we all die. That's a goddamn slogan for depressed goth rock of the 80's, absolutely unforgettable. General Comment i love this song and the album pornography even though it is relatively redundant. Rate These Lyrics. Log in now to add this track to your mixtape! We do not have any tags for One Hundred Years lyrics. Why not add your own? Log in to add a tag. More The Cure Lyrics. SongMeanings is a place for discussion and discovery. User does not exist. Incorrect Password. Remember Me. Join Now! The Cure - Wikipedia He was heading into the blue yonder in a desperate attempt to silence the tumult in this head, the chaos that had come crashing down on his music career. As far as Smith was concerned, The Cure were over. And so here he was, a literally unhappy camper about to hit the road.