I danced to this exact version at my quince for my father daughter dance and you bet your butt we're gonna dance to it at my wedding. This has always been my special song not only because I was named after it ,but because whenever l need a pick me up or destress I always look to this song. It means the world to me.
Hey Elise, it's been the same for me too. This song lifts me up and makes me feel lighter when I hear it during stress. Realized it during my exam days:-)
Um Not to be a downer but this song is absolutely NOT a love song, hes singing about how he can't light up her eyes the way he should and that it doesn't matter what she says or does plus that they are lying to themselves about the fact that it should be better but they are settling for not being in love anymore. Not something to play at your wedding. It is however a haunting elegant song by a masterful songwriter and I really like the song even if it makes me feel melancholy, I think that was the intent. But of course you can do whatever you wish.
I agree with what you are saying , but it's a beautiful , gorgeous song I think any music that u can relate to no matter how sad, I love the Cure ( I did in the 80's ) but as years have gone by the music is more important to me than ever. Also I was listening to Coldplay' s ' Everflow ' the other day , it's every bit as well written as this song and I love it !but for some reason it makes me very sad even though the message I get from it is relatively positive. :)
@@takecareofyourshoess to me it's the childish toy simplicity of it juxtaposed with the lush sound of everything else that makes it great, just like the lyrics, it's showing the lost innocence
@@benbryson6598 Meh to each their own, you know. It sounds bad to my ears....I could not care less what it "represents". To me, it represents a poor choice in instrumentation.
My favorite MTV Unplugged show. I love that they actually rearranged songs to fit the unplugged motif rather than just play them the exact same way as they were on the album
Elise, it doesn't matter what you say You know I'll 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 Elise it doesn't matter what you do You know I'll never really get inside of you To make your eyes catch fire the way they should To may the blue will 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 this world's to part With aching words And breaking hearts And all the smiles your hands can take But I can take as much as you can throw And then throw it all away Oh I'll throw it all away Like throwing faces as the sky Like throwing arms round yesterday I stood and stared like stone in front of you And the way I stared it seemed I looked right out of you And even the way I stand I stand away from you Elise believe me take me away from this And secretly we'll slip into all our promises Away from it all in the cover of the night again And we'll watch the years fall And we'll dream it all back like we do Elise it doesn't matter what you say You know I'll 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 As fast as I pick it up It falls away through my clutching hands As fast as I pick it up It falls away like falling sand But there's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do at all...
There's usually a dark place we all find ourselves in....and The Cure seems to that soundtrack.... Here's to being depressed, and having great music to soak in.
@@charliemuskrat No. He wrote the lyrics, so they are his lyrics to sing as he wants. Robert Smith is a great songwriter. He changed the lyrics in this performance. He sang the words in the way he was feeling them. Even these lyrics are just as powerful as his recorded lyrics.
I've been listening to The Cure a lot lately, and not because I'm depressed, but I've loved them since I was 12.....34 years now. I never appreciated the music and lyrics as much as I do now. 99.9% of their song's brings out so many different emotions, this being one of them, but each album is so different and hauntingly beautiful. Don't ever stop singing Robert, don't ever stop. To the band as a whole...never ever stop playing. I love and adore The Cure.
This is why I love music. Robert Smith is a legend and no one can ever compare to him and his style of music. He is a genius and he deserves a standing ovation every time he performs
This must be one of the first live performances of the song. The album Wish was released only in 1992. The lyrics we’re not even finished, compared to the album version. Very nice performance and beautiful voice
I find it fascinating that the small lyrical changes between this and the final version that went into the album change the tone COMPLETELY, both are about unrequited love, but here, they sound like the person singing is still clinging to hope even when they know there's no point as they will never be loved back...and the album version is about resignation, the singer feels the same love, but there, they've given up and accepted it's not meant to be. A simple change from "Elise it doesn't matter what you say, you know I'll stay here every yesterday" to "it doesn't matter what you say, _I just can't stay here every yesterday_ "is a world of a difference, The part where it's most evident (and painful) is right before the musical solo, here, it begs for another chance, for an escape from reality (Elise believe me take me away from this, and secretly we'll slip into all our promises), and in the final version, there's resignation (Elise believe I never wanted this, I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises, I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about...But I let the dream go and the promises broke, the make-believe ran out) which is devastating to hear...but we've all been there, in both meanings of the song. It really helped me let go of my highschool crush that I held on to for so many years, I don't thinkl I would've moved on without this song.
I saw them live couple years back now and was devastated they didn't play this song, this has to be my favourite cure song and this version is perfection
@@rnguyen2516 I just saw them May 14th Mother’s Day in Austin TX, and sadly my friend they did not play it :( I was looking forward to it the most as well lol
@@ashtynlandin3136 ohh that breaks my heart! Did they play Pictures of You? I saw on their website that they have a set list. I’m curious if they always stick to it! Did you enjoy the concert? I hope you had a great time! Thank you so much for letting me know! I’m in Dallas but missed them because my niece graduated from college. I hope you enjoyed your Mother’s Day weekend!
April 2021 I'm listening. This song feels like a novel squeezed into a song. His voice is perfect, the music along with it, the words, they way they were thrown into this song...
beautiful acoustic take on one of their last truly great all-time songs from their last, as of now, all-time great last album-its-amazing, that this album is nearly 25 years old
This has such indian sounds in it 💛 my father plays the sitar and does Hindustani vocals and was able to identify the melodic parallel in Hindustani music 🎵
i just saw them live in Houston Texas but they didn't sing this song... my favorite! it just means no matter what no matter how.. the cure will live thru us all.. day in day out!
