What does If Only Tonight We Could Sleep mean?

The Cure: If Only Tonight We Could Sleep Meaning

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If Only Tonight We Could Sleep Lyrics

If only tonight we could sleep
In a bed made of flowers
If only tonight we could fall
In a deathless spell

If only tonight we could slide
Into deep black water
And breathe
And breathe...

Then an angel would come
With burning eyes like stars
And...

  1. anonymous
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    Oct 28th 2015 !⃝

    To me..this song is the closest you can get to experiencing heroin through music.

  2. anonymous
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    Jan 30th 2011 !⃝

    This song makes me think of Charles Baudelaire's poem "La Mort des Amants" (The Death of Lovers)


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