The Cure: Catch Meaning
-
The real backstory is that when Robert Smith was 10 he crashed his bike and suffered from a pretty big concussion. Due to the severe crash, he saw visions/hallucinations of a girl he called "Bunny". This would go on for 2 years. The hallucinations about this girl finally stopped, age 12, when a plane he was on hit bad turbulence causing a very nauseating painful headache. Coincidencely, afterwards he meets a girl at the airport who was "a spitting image of Bunny", the girl's name was Anna. This song is about pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime "chance meeting", and honestly that's pretty cool
-
Catch is about a doll. The voice is that of an adult having a memory of a doll that he would play with on rare occasions as a child. Key phrases indicate the odd behavior of dolls like "roll your eyes right up to heaven and make like I just wasn't there", "she use to fall down a lot", and "she use to just stand there and smile". That's what dolls do! Now, the voice is comparing that memory to someone he's met that reminds him of that doll because she has that same perfect smile.
-
A girl from his past that he would daydream about
But she never gave him a shot
Always went for the popular crowd and got hurt a lot
And now that he's made it she wants to hook up
More The Cure songs »
Latest Articles
-
When the Beatles Touched Off a Movie War
-
When Mike Bloomfield Composed a Soundtrack For Andy Warhol
-
Yet Another List of Bad Song Covers
-
Why Does Everybody Pick On Liberace?
-
Trainspotting Soundtrack Revisited : One of the Best Ever?
-
Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion: Bringing Back the Rap Feud
Trending:
Blog posts mentioning The Cure
The (Hidden) Impact of MTV Unplugged |
Just Posted
Mad Hatter | anonymous |
Fire Lake | anonymous |
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | anonymous |
We Gotta Get out of This Place | anonymous |
Jealous | anonymous |
Won't Get Fooled Again | anonymous |
Smokestack Lightning | anonymous |
True Colors | anonymous |
Future Love Paradise | anonymous |
Adios, Adios | anonymous |
Strangers | anonymous |
Possibility | anonymous |
Jailbreak | anonymous |
Sour Girl | anonymous |
Cornflake Girl | anonymous |