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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Cure
The Cure
Performer
Lol Tolhurst
Lol Tolhurst
Drums
Robert Smith
Robert Smith
Guitar
Simon Gallup
Simon Gallup
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Simon Gallup
Simon Gallup
Songwriter
Laurence Tolhurst
Laurence Tolhurst
Songwriter
Robert Smith
Robert Smith
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Cure
The Cure
Producer
Lol Tolhurst
Lol Tolhurst
Producer
Robert Smith
Robert Smith
Producer
Simon Gallup
Simon Gallup
Producer
Chris Blair
Chris Blair
Mastering Engineer
Phil Thornalley
Phil Thornalley
Producer
Mike Nocito
Mike Nocito
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It doesn't matter if we all die
Ambition in the back of a black car
In a high building, there is so much to do
Going home time, a story on the radio...
[Verse 2]
Something small
Falls out of your mouth and we laugh
A prayer for something better
A prayer for something better
[Verse 3]
Please love me
Meet my mother...
But the fear takes hold
Creeping up the stairs in the dark
Waiting for the death blow
Waiting for the death blow
Waiting for the death blow
[Verse 4]
Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot
Fighting for freedom on the television
Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs
Have we got everything?
She struggles to get away...
[Verse 5]
The pain and the creeping feeling
A little black-haired girl
Waiting for Saturday
The death of her father pushing her
Pushing her white face into the mirror
Aching inside me and turn me around
Just like the old days
Just like the old days
Just like the old days
Just like the old days
[Verse 6]
Caressing an old man and painting a lifeless face
Just a piece of new meat
In a clean room
The soldiers close in
Under a yellow moon
All shadows and deliverance
Under a black flag
[Verse 7]
A hundred years of blood
Crimson, the ribbon
Tightens 'round my throat
I open my mouth
And my head bursts open
A sound like a tiger
Thrashing in the water
Thrashing in the water
Over and over, we die one after the other
Over and over, we die one after the other
One after the other
One after the other
One after the other
One after the other...
[Outro]
It feels like a hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years
A hundred years...
Written by: Lol Tolhurst, Robert James Smith, Simon Gallup

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