Today’s song of the day title goes to “Just Like Heaven,” the perfect melancholic love song by the alternative rock band Cure.
The song features a unique blend of fast beats, spunk, and synthesizers. It might have a happy ending to it, but it sure does pull at the heartstrings.
Fun Facts
- The band realized the classic single on October 5th, 1987
- “Just Like Heaven” was one of three songs released in the 1987 album.
- In 1988, “Just Like Heaven” was the first song to reach number 40 on the Billboard charts out of the three.
- Smith wrote the song and doctored pre-existing chords and melodies to create the masterpiece.
- The song’s first minute is made up of an instrumental intro that adds to its oomph.
- After writing the song’s alluring lyrics, Robert Smith announced that he would never write a better song in his lifetime, adding he couldn’t do it if he tried.
- Despite his words, Robert Smith and the band did produce a masterpiece, “Disintegration,” although fans have argued “Just Like Heaven” is the better of the two songs.
Lyrics:
( Musixmatch)
“Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream” she said
“The one that makes me laugh” she said
And threw her arms around my neck
Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I’ll run away with you
I’ll run away with you
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
Why are you so far away, she said
Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you
That I’m in love with you
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You’re just like a dream
You’re just like a dream
Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone, alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me
You
Soft and lonely
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven
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