T6 by The Cure on wish Deluxe Album Lyrics (unofficial)

As Europe enjoyed The Cure’s Songs for a Lost World Tour, Robert Smith announced the forthcoming Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album. It includes 24 previously unreleased tracks. And all of Curedom did a little happy dance. Robert Smith admitted that he had difficulty with the words (poetry), resulting in many of the new tracks being instrumentals. This struck me as unfortunate for someone I believe to be one of the best living poets, of the one I have read. The words of “Lovesong,” from Disintegration are beautiful in their simplicity and immensely compelling. “Plainsong,” from the same album, is a sonnet by Robert Smith to his wife, Mary. Here are my thoughts on “Plainsong.” https://disintegrationnation-cureblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/poetry-by-robert-smith-of-cure-band.html

Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition dropped on November 25, 2022. It has several instrumentals and one is “T6.” We will have to wait for Robert Smith to tell whether it means Track 6, which I assume it does. Below is a poem (unauthorized) I wrote to accompany the music of “T6” by The Cure.

 

T6

Wednesday is the wickedest of days.

Half way there, half way gone,

Just like you.

I knew it would always end.

You live down the block,

And are a thousand miles away now.

I need something to believe in,

A bit to believe in,

Since I no longer believe in your kiss.

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The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens

When people think of Charles "Boz" Dickens (1812-1870) around Christmastime, they obviously think of "A Christmas Carol." It was published to much fanfare on December 14, 1843. Yet it is relatively unknown that seven years prior, Dickens published another scary ghost story for Christmas. The scary story was first published in 1836 and later appeared as Chapter 29 in The Pickwick Papers. The ghost story is both funny and horrific in parts, reminiscent of A Christmas Carol in this regard.

Charles Dickens

The name of the story is The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton and it is one of Dickens's best ghost stories. It followed in the grand English tradition of telling ghost stories around Christmastime. The protagonist is one Gabriel Grub, a "sexton and grave-digger" who is going about his business on Christmas Eve when horror strikes among the gravestones. I will let you read it for yourself.

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Lyrics to Miss Van Gogh by The Cure off Wish Deluxe 35th Anniversary Album (Unofficial)

As Europe is enjoying The Cure’s Songs for a Lost World Tour, Robert Smith announced the forthcoming Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album. It includes 24 previously unreleased tracks. And all of Curedom did a little happy dance. Robert Smith admitted that he had difficulty with the words (poetry), resulting in many of the new tracks being instrumentals. This struck me as unfortunate for someone I believe to be one of the best living poets, of the one I have read. The words of “Lovesong,” from Disintegration are beautiful in their simplicity and immensely compelling. “Plainsong,” from the same album, is a sonnet by Robert Smith to his wife, Mary. Here are my thoughts on “Plainsong.” https://disintegrationnation-cureblog.blogspot.com/2022/01/poetry-by-robert-smith-of-cure-band.html

Wish 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition dropped on November 25, 2022. It has several instrumentals and one is “Miss Van Gogh.” We will have to wait for Robert Smith to tell whether it is about a female in the Van Gogh family or a person who is missing Van Gogh, the famous impressionist artist.

Below is a poem (unauthorized) I wrote to accompany the music of “Miss Van Gogh” by The Cure.

Miss Van Gogh Stars and moon, Neptune and “Ulalume,” I will see you soon. Yet you never return. You don’t belong here. You don’t belong here anymore. You have never belonged here. Dissolve away now, My effervescent one. To the gaudy side of nowhere. They don’t understand you. You don’t belong here. You don’t belong here anymore. You have never belonged here. Blues and greens, Swirls and whorls, Burst on the scene. You will never return. You don’t belong here. You don’t belong here anymore. You have never belonged here.

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