Robert’s Smith’s songwriting in The Cure is lengthy and centres squarely on melancholy and dark subject matters. But on the band’s lengthy-awaited upcoming album, Songs of a Lost World (Nov. 1), he takes on a chunk of real-lifestyle heartache that he said stimulated him to pay tribute to his overdue brother.
In a nearly two-hour interview with British journalist Matt Everitt—which may be unlocked through flipping to the album’s release date in Roman numerals here—Smith explains the origins of “I Can Never Say Goodbye.””I wrote this music a number of distinct ways, till I hit on a very simple narrative of what really occurred at the night he died.”
He stated of the music committed to his overdue older brother, Richard, while additionally copping to the Cure’s songs, continually having a fringe of the “worry of morality” in them. “It went all around the houses and I went anywhere with this track to sum up how I felt. In the end, it changed into a fairly bleak little vignette.”
The singer stated he struggled to stabilise the “outpouring” of emotion he felt at the time with the need to put in writing coherent music, admitting that a few in advance variations of the track were “too overwrought” for fashionable consumption.
For the document, he cherished them, but different humans advised they were probably “too much.” In fact, Smith, 65, admitted that it became difficult for him to manipulate his emotions while appearing to “say goodbye” to the Cure’s 2023 excursion.
Smith continued, “I wrote the tune approximately it, and the song itself turned into what I desired to breathe. I didn’t need the words to dominate the song, in a manner that the song can end up a backdrop to what you’re singing. In this, I assume the song is extra critical than what I’m making a song in a way. It’s a totally tough song to sing. People say ‘cathartic’ an excessive amount of, but it became. It allowed me to deal with it, and I assume it helped me rather.”
Realising he hasn’t got “that many more albums” in his destiny, Smith stated he desired his new songs to “suggest some thing,” in preference to a few older Cure songs he said were now not as private.
“On this album they all depend [to me],” he stated of songs, which include “I Can Never Say Goodbye,” which reveals him singing, “Something wicked this manner comes/ To borrow away my brother’s existence/ Something wicked this manner comes/ I ought to never say goodbye.
FAQ
1. This piece focusses on the story behind Robert Smith’s song, “I Can Never Say Goodbye.”?
“I egoistically took a side myself when Robert Smith wrote the lyric “I Can Never Say Goodbye,” in an effort to process my own grief over the loss of my brother.”
2. In what ways does writing the song “I Can Never Say Goodbye” assist Robert Smith in dealing with his grief over his brother’s death?
Had it not for him writing this song, Smith would have continued to struggle a lot in his struggle to deal with grief and loss into accepting it.
3. Am I mistaken about “I Can Never Say Goodbye” being off The Cure album?
Yes, the song “I Can Never Say Goodbye” is from The Cure new album, where Robert Smith focusses on the topic of mourning, grief and some form of healing.
4. Does Robert Smith talk about death and loss in other songs apart from “I Can Never Say Goodbye”?
As much as The Cure’s discography is, in many ways, a reflection on darkness and emotion, “I Can Never Say Goodbye” is one of only two tracks that Smith said he felt was ‘true,’ and a highly painful, because of the feelings of loss, song.
5. How has this track, “I Can Never Say Goodbye,” affected The Cure’s fans?
Because those who have lost a loved one and view music as a means of healing can easily relate to the emotions shown in the video, it has generally received positive feedback from fans.
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