Curesong Literary Links
Many songs by The Cure contain references to literary works. This site details as many as it has been possible to verify.​ It includes detailed references, including text from the source literature and how they relate to the lyrics.
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Click on the list to select a track - to the right on a desktop or below for a mobile device.
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So far around 35+ tracks out of the couple of hundred or more tracks that The Cure have produced have identifiable sources of inspiration. There are more on the way.
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Thank you so much to everyone who has sent me ideas for new sources. A first update was added in January 2023) Please let me know if you find any further links to Curesongs.
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Lol Tolhurst published 'Goth: A History' (Quercus) in October 2023 which he describes as "a historical memoir of sorts".
It refers to many of the sources of Cure songs he had a hand in. I have included a new section on it in the link below.
Particularly of note:
P 129: “I know this story will surprise many readers who think of Robert as the sole lyricist for The Cure - that simply wasn’t the case. It’s not so much a secret as a reclaiming of my past. Over the decades, assumptions have been made about the band’s creative process, after I wrote Cured I thought it was time to speak up. It’s about repossessing my art…”
“I believe that the creative process is often the sum of many psychic streams converging and reinforce each other…”
“With our lives are so intimately entwined we are naturally a self reflecting feedback loop...”
P120: “Martin… departed in January 1977, and we changed our name to Easy Cure… a name change seemed like a good idea and the name is taken from some lyrics I had written.”
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