This was The Cure at their absolute peak - creatively, emotionally, lyrically and musically - Porl Thompson's layered guitar parts make this sound like an orchestral piece, the solo is beautiful and sad, and soars so high then falls back down. The song somehow conveys sadness, longing, hope, joy, love, loss, unrequited feelings, hopelessness all in one. I've been entranced by this song for 30 years now.
About ten years ago, I had to let her go just because I knew "I would never make her eyes catch fire the way they should." Whenever I listen to this song, I cant help myself from crying.
This is The Cure's best song. The tragic beauty. A couple who no longer love each other, but who once loved each other more than anyone could imagine. Neither of them can be together but they can't bare to be apart...the love went a long time ago.. neither of them are brave enough to move on with their lives. So they go through the same routine day after day, trying to covince themselves that what they had was real but knowing deep down it never was. "And the face i saw looked back the way i wanted to".. that split second....then it was gone... that moment of the way Elise used to always look at the narrator years ago was there and he saw it... then it was gone.. "I let the dream go, the promises broke, the make believe ran out"... there's millions of relationships, every day, across the world, in that line. The narrator wrote a letter, to Elise... you can bet Elise wrote the same letter to him... neither will send their letter... They'll just continue...
Elise has always been a mysterious, romantic and beautiful name to me. I recently found out that Elise means, "My God is abundance" or “God is satisfaction “.
"I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about but I let the dream go And the promises broke, the make-believe ran out" I don't think there's a more painful sentence put to song, its beautiful, it's tragic, it's so unbelievably real...
God, some of the greatest times in my life listening to this. I long for those days everyday. This song just touches something inside that I just can't describe. Makes my heart swell everytime I hear that opening. Anyway, I love you ALL and hope you ALL are doing well out there. Be well and for gods sake be good to each other. We only have this one life, don't waste it. I Love You.
I've just composed the lyrics, Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out Every way to smile, forget And make-believe we never needed Any more than this Any more than this Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do I know I'll never really get inside of you To make your eyes catch fire The way they should The way the blue could pull me in If they only would, if they only would At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else That hides away From me and you, there're worlds to part With aching looks and breaking hearts And all the prayers your hands can make Oh I just take as much as you can throw And then throw it all away Oh I throw it all away Like throwing faces at the sky Like throwing arms round Yesterday, I stood and stared Wide-eyed in front of you And the face I saw looked back The way I wanted to But I just can't hold my tears away The way you do Elise believe I never wanted this I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about But I let the dream go And the promises broke And the make-believe ran out So Elise It doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out Every way to smile Forget and make-believe we never needed Any more than this Any more than this And every time I try to pick it up Like falling sand As fast as I pick it up It runs away through my clutching hands But there's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do At all You're welcome.
I named my youngest daughter after this song, along with Fur Elise- my favourite song to play on the piano. I always loved the mysteriousness of the songs named for such a person, and how simple yet pretty the name is.
Omg I love this song...I totally forgot about this...too much great music Oh Elise it doesnt matter what you say I just cant stay here every yesterday From me to you there was a part with aching looks and breaking hearts Jeez I remember every word
Bought my car to this song and many other triumps in my Life, and God gave me a beautiful patient named Annelise. She was with me for so many months of wellness care. Thank you!!!
This song makes me think of my ex Sydney Elise Currier I will always love you, I never left you, I had to get clean or I would have died out there, I’m so sorry
The cure literally heals it
I love that you said that, because it’s true
As close as one can come to healing.
Yeah helps me when I’m sad
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This was The Cure at their absolute peak - creatively, emotionally, lyrically and musically - Porl Thompson's layered guitar parts make this sound like an orchestral piece, the solo is beautiful and sad, and soars so high then falls back down. The song somehow conveys sadness, longing, hope, joy, love, loss, unrequited feelings, hopelessness all in one. I've been entranced by this song for 30 years now.
Nice
Me too
LOVE
One of their best for sure
We love you
Fun fact my mom made my middle name elise because of this song
me too love it one of best songs
About ten years ago, I had to let her go just because I knew "I would never make her eyes catch fire the way they should." Whenever I listen to this song, I cant help myself from crying.
I don't think I would've been able to let go of my highschool crush without this song.
quizás me paso lo mismo quizás no luche ......pero todo es energía todo circula
This is The Cure's best song.
The tragic beauty.
A couple who no longer love each other, but who once loved each other more than anyone could imagine.
Neither of them can be together but they can't bare to be apart...the love went a long time ago.. neither of them are brave enough to move on with their lives.
So they go through the same routine day after day, trying to covince themselves that what they had was real but knowing deep down it never was.
"And the face i saw looked back the way i wanted to".. that split second....then it was gone... that moment of the way Elise used to always look at the narrator years ago was there and he saw it... then it was gone..
"I let the dream go, the promises broke, the make believe ran out"... there's millions of relationships, every day, across the world, in that line.
The narrator wrote a letter, to Elise... you can bet Elise wrote the same letter to him... neither will send their letter...
They'll just continue...
Oh my god.
that was painfully accurate
@@arthuroliveira4326 i wont ask...
Beautiful
👍 makes me want to cry. Life’s a trip.
I named my daughter Elise, i knew that if i had a little girl the name would be no problem to figure out. This is a beautiful song pure poetry
My brother named my niece Elise too
Good taste!
My mom named me Elise too, after this song
My mom named me after this song but she changed the spelling. I spell it Elyse
@@heliumbird wtf same
Elise has always been a mysterious, romantic and beautiful name to me. I recently found out that Elise means, "My God is abundance" or “God is satisfaction “.
im really lucky to have my name :)
@@eliselane3469 Me too!
I will give an Elise Ava to my daughter one day
Why thank you
I got my name from this song!
"I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
but I let the dream go
And the promises broke, the make-believe ran out"
I don't think there's a more painful sentence put to song, its beautiful, it's tragic, it's so unbelievably real...
I used to listen to this song many times each day detoxing in rehab, yearning for the relationship my use killed.
Can a Cure song be better than "Picture of You"? Yes it can, and here it is.
For myself it is the single B side to High, Twilight Garden.
Its like the twin of pictures if you
Forever Will be the best song i've ever Heard :)
Best guitar solo of all time.
God, some of the greatest times in my life listening to this. I long for those days everyday. This song just touches something inside that I just can't describe. Makes my heart swell everytime I hear that opening. Anyway, I love you ALL and hope you ALL are doing well out there. Be well and for gods sake be good to each other. We only have this one life, don't waste it. I Love You.
I've just composed the lyrics,
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile, forget
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
I know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire
The way they should
The way the blue could pull me in
If they only would, if they only would
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else
That hides away
From me and you, there're worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands can make
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms round
Yesterday, I stood and stared
Wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back
The way I wanted to
But I just can't hold my tears away
The way you do
Elise believe I never wanted this
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out
So Elise
It doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget and make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this
And every time I try to pick it up
Like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up
It runs away through my clutching hands
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
At all
You're welcome.
Fur elise and a letter to elise are equally awesome
The Cure greatest song imo
this song makes me wanna run back to his arms even we already broke up
Me too!!
i wanna run back into ur exs arms too 💔💔💔
Cara eu estava no Hollywood rock em 1995 . Que show ... Que viagem ... Que banda extraordinária. Eu amo The Cure!!
Tmbm amo The cure
Robert Smith é uma lenda❤
classic total
I named my youngest daughter after this song, along with Fur Elise- my favourite song to play on the piano. I always loved the mysteriousness of the songs named for such a person, and how simple yet pretty the name is.
Omg I love this song...I totally forgot about this...too much great music
Oh Elise it doesnt matter what you say I just cant stay here every yesterday
From me to you there was a part with aching looks and breaking hearts
Jeez I remember every word
Saw them four times. Wrote a letter before the Internet, to keep them together. Just so I could take my girl to the best band ever.
this Is my fav song by the cure and idk why
I can still feel the nostalgia with many memories ! Cheers from Spain
this has been one of my favs for 5 years :( so many memories
this song is always with me
Que linda essa música.....lembranças felizes.
Verdades secretes 😢
Almost 30 years, damn i'm getting old too !😱❤
As soon as it started it gave me the chills.lol this one pulls at the heartstrings for sure!
Bought my car to this song and many other triumps in my Life, and God gave me a beautiful patient named Annelise. She was with me for so many months of wellness care. Thank you!!!
What a great song…I also love the Blink 182 Cover…
Sin dudas uno de los mejores temas de the cure
Buen tema ....
I love this! 💅🤪
Oh, Elise. It doesn't matter what you say 😞
2024 loving this song more and more
This album cover is honestly one my favourite pieces of artworks ❤️
Great music! Awesome!
Great Song !!! Memories
this album is so damn good
Todos tenemos una Elise
❤The Cure❤
Great music. Thanks for this friend.
This song really hits my emotions, maybe because I was born in 1965.
Nice song very influential
Under rated song. Now, I love it😍
Idiot
Oh Elise....
my song favorite
good music
Hi Elise !!
I miss you Elise
Nel bene, nel male! W The Cure, sempre con me! ❤️
Baita som!!!!
Красота и память ❤ Стоит на звонке телефона 🎸
Kick it Robert!
Welcome 🖤
Massa esse cd
Thanks for the letter btw took almost 20 years to get to me but thanks
14 thumbs down really? Come on !! This is way better than todays music
3:07 - 4:10 serasa terbawa kemana gitu...😴😴
💙
I love you no matter what you do to me.
I remember her .....
❤❤❤❤
Beautiful😪😪🎶😪😪😪😪😪☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺🎸🎵🎶🎼
This song makes me think of my ex Sydney Elise Currier I will always love you, I never left you, I had to get clean or I would have died out there, I’m so sorry
I think about you everyday Syd, I wish I had been strong enough to get you to come with me, I will never forgive myself
I just take as much as you can throw, then I throw it all away!
I've always wanted to name my daughter Elise...
❤
❤️🔥🗣️
🎶 ❤
hey its elyse
😢😢😢
I have this album on CD but this song isn’t on it????
my daughter’s name is madeline elise named after this song
My friend is named after this song and I’m so jealous 😭😭😭😭
Sometimes you think you know someone but then you learn that her and her friend were playing a game on u. It’s me or them. She chose them.
The love of my life ( my girlfriend ) is called elise; and wow, this hit hard!!
2:59
Not their best work but by far their most sophisticated.
Wish is a masterpiece and this song is no exception.
By far their best! Along with plainsong
Wish is The Cure's Magnus Opus.
🎭🎭⭐⭐⭐⭐🎭🎭
i love alex ruppe
Its ok. The cure knows.
Mine.
Could title this one "my marriage is..."
💖💖💖💖💖💖👉⛰️🌋👉👉👉🙏🙏🙏👉👉💖💖💖👉👉🐇💖🎸👉👉⛰️🌋👉🏄🏄🎼👉👉🖐️👼👉👉💇👉👉🎸🐇🎸🙏🙏⛰️🌋👉👉👉💆💆🎸💆💆🎸👉👉⛰️🌋👉👉🖐️👉🎼🎼🎼🏄🎼👉👉👉💖💖💖👉💥
Inspired by Letters to Felice, by Kafka. :)
Do not lie idiot
Speed it up a notch. You got blink-182.
there
AC Unity: Letters FROM Elise 🤔
Okay.
Remember that time blink 182 sang this on tv? I try not to either
I thought they did a pretty good job
Imbecile
Probably blinks best performance
Why can't women not wanna be famous..there's consequences..😮😮😮😮🤔🤔😲😖
Love or deal with I'd be a fool
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