Debunking a reference to
'The Dark Power of Ritual Pictures'
by Myra Poleo
Debunk
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Robert Smith has claimed that 'Pictures of You' was based on an essay by Myra Poleo called 'The Dark Power of Ritual Pictures.'
The same quote is repeated on numerous websites.
Really?
Did no one notice that it is an anagram of his wife’s name Mary Poole?
As so often is the case with his tall tales, he is having a laff.
Presumably it is a Cure fanatic who has attempted to add some verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing statement (look that one up) by setting up a Myra Poleo’s Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/pages/the-dark-power-of-ritual-pictures-myra-poleo/178884528837058
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Pictures of You, the song
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I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are
All I can feel
Remembering
You standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in
Holding you close
How I always held close in your fear
Remembering
You running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and whiter than snow
And screamed at the make-believe
Screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage
To let it all go
Remembering
You fallen into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white
So delicate
Lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Remembering
You how you used to be
Slow drowned
You were angels
So much more than everything
Hold for the last time then slip away quietly
Open my eyes
But I never see anything
If only I'd thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart
All my pictures of you
Looking so long at these pictures of you
But I never hold on to your heart
Looking so long for the words to be true
But always just breaking apart
My pictures of you
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
All my pictures of you
Songwriters: ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP, ROGER O'DONNELL, PORL THOMPSON, LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST, BORIS WILLIAMS
Pictures Of You lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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