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(He didnt care muchfor the latter.)
Theres even anentire websitededicated to tracking literary references in Cure songs.
Last week, the Cure returned with their first album in 16 years,Songs of a Lost World.
Below are the ones that I did catch.
.Ernest Dowsons Dregs on Alone
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(Did you think Smithwouldntbe drawn to outrageously ill-fated poets?)
Perhaps a century from now, Alone will pay it forward by freeing another lonesome poet from writers block.
Despite the shout-out, Smith seems more at peace.
It disturbed me, he writes.
It was a horrible reminder of the intrusive, surveilled nature of the modern world.
He said it wasnt his thing.
The lines vagueness whats coming, exactly?
serves the songs general framing of death as incomprehensible.
Given how long he teasedSongs of a Lost Worldfor, thats a bit of a fool me once situation.
