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  • "A Letter to Elise" is a song by English rock band The Cure, released as the third and final single from the album Wish in October 1992.
    Released: 5 October 1992
    Format: 7", 12"
    Label: Fiction
    Songwriter(s): read below.
    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.
    Personnel & Songwriters:♥♥♥
    Perry Bamonte Boris Williams Simon Gallup Robert Smith Lol Tolhurst Porl Thompson
    Producer(s):
    Robert Smith David Allen.
    Copyright disclaimer.Under section 107 of the copyright act 1976 allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research.
    Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.Non-profit educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
    Background
    "A Letter to Elise" was made public for the first time on MTV's Cure-"Unplugged" show in 1991 and had very different lyrics from the later version to be released as a 7".Letters to Felice by Kafka was a huge influence when Robert Smith wrote the lyrics of the track.
    The B-side "The Big Hand" was planned as an A-side single early in 1993 but the idea was scrapped, largely due to Boris Williams not wanting the track to appear on the album but having no qualms about it appearing as a B-side (from KROQ radio interview with the band in 1992). "The Big Hand" is one of the few B-sides to be played live, although very rarely. It was first played in 1991, performed a few times during the Wish Tour in 1992, then revived at the Ultra Music Festival in 2007, and popped up, though rarely, during the band's 4Tour World Tour 2007-08.
    A promo version of the song features yet another longer unreleased mix, with phaser on Robert Smith's voice.An instrumental version on cassette is also known to exist.
    "A Letter to Elise" itself was revived by the band's new Smith/Gallup/Thompson/Cooper lineup in 2005 after being played sparingly, if ever, during the Smith/Gallup/Bamonte/Cooper/O'Donnell era. Like "The Big Hand", it was not played very often, and was usually a pleasant surprise to fans when it popped up in setlists.
    "A Letter to Elise" has been covered by Aaron Sprinkle, for his Really Something EP, Blink-182, for the MTV Icon show for The Cure, and Sense Field, for their 2003 album Living Outside.
    Personnel and Instruments
    Robert Smith - bass, guitar, keyboard, vocals, 6 string bass
    Perry Bamonte - 6 string bass, guitar, keyboard
    Simon Gallup - bass
    Porl Thompson - guitar
    Boris Williams - percussion, drums
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  • @antsbull3370
    @antsbull3370 2 роки тому +64

    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.

  • @victorvantini
    @victorvantini 3 роки тому +182

    The cure literally heals it

    • @eric9230
      @eric9230 3 роки тому +12

      I love that you said that, because it’s true

    • @seandevlin7798
      @seandevlin7798 3 роки тому +7

      As close as one can come to healing.

    • @Paul-po1wo
      @Paul-po1wo 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah helps me when I’m sad

    • @hotkarunner
      @hotkarunner 3 роки тому

      @@eric9230 q

    • @hotkarunner
      @hotkarunner 3 роки тому

      @@eric9230 q

  • @CCS565
    @CCS565 Рік тому +44

    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.

    • @NightmareZerogbs
      @NightmareZerogbs 10 місяців тому

      I don't think I would've been able to let go of my highschool crush without this song.

    • @DanielMartinez-zd7jz
      @DanielMartinez-zd7jz 4 місяці тому

      quizás me paso lo mismo quizás no luche ......pero todo es energía todo circula

  • @syteanric
    @syteanric 3 роки тому +195

    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...

  • @dudleyhamby2029
    @dudleyhamby2029 2 роки тому +14

    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.

  • @simonpearce5039
    @simonpearce5039 4 роки тому +71

    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

    • @Roylimon
      @Roylimon 4 роки тому +5

      My brother named my niece Elise too

    • @edgreen8140
      @edgreen8140 4 роки тому +3

      Good taste!

    • @heliumbird4682
      @heliumbird4682 4 роки тому +8

      My mom named me Elise too, after this song

    • @elysecollins1590
      @elysecollins1590 3 роки тому +2

      My mom named me after this song but she changed the spelling. I spell it Elyse

    • @mcbreakfast6907
      @mcbreakfast6907 2 роки тому +1

      @@heliumbird4682 wtf same

  • @NightmareZerogbs
    @NightmareZerogbs 10 місяців тому +3

    "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...

  • @mwa1254
    @mwa1254 2 роки тому +10

    I used to listen to this song many times each day detoxing in rehab, yearning for the relationship my use killed.

  • @AM-wh8tf
    @AM-wh8tf 3 роки тому +14

    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.

  • @artemioramirez4440
    @artemioramirez4440 4 роки тому +92

    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 “.

    • @eliselane3469
      @eliselane3469 4 роки тому +19

      im really lucky to have my name :)

    • @elishasli
      @elishasli 4 роки тому +10

      @@eliselane3469 Me too!

    • @JejakARDANA
      @JejakARDANA 3 роки тому +6

      I will give an Elise Ava to my daughter one day

    • @elised9459
      @elised9459 3 роки тому +7

      Why thank you

    • @elisedurham5771
      @elisedurham5771 3 роки тому +6

      I got my name from this song!

  • @estabblushed07
    @estabblushed07 3 роки тому +10

    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

  • @maxtalley6710
    @maxtalley6710 2 роки тому +21

    Can a Cure song be better than "Picture of You"? Yes it can, and here it is.

    • @James-wj8eq
      @James-wj8eq Рік тому +1

      For myself it is the single B side to High, Twilight Garden.

    • @wowok8375
      @wowok8375 6 місяців тому +1

      Its like the twin of pictures if you

  • @tamarafox7386
    @tamarafox7386 3 роки тому +5

    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!!!

  • @kf4504
    @kf4504 5 місяців тому +3

    Best guitar solo of all time.

  • @brunosena28
    @brunosena28 Рік тому +6

    Forever Will be the best song i've ever Heard :)

  • @indowithbadenglish3775
    @indowithbadenglish3775 4 роки тому +12

    Fur elise and a letter to elise are equally awesome

  • @lili7350
    @lili7350 2 роки тому +9

    this song makes me wanna run back to his arms even we already broke up

    • @jesscogger5096
      @jesscogger5096 2 роки тому +1

      Me too!!

    • @lv1_Ch4rlie
      @lv1_Ch4rlie 5 місяців тому

      i wanna run back into ur exs arms too 💔💔💔

  • @dado760210
    @dado760210 4 роки тому +16

    Cara eu estava no Hollywood rock em 1995 . Que show ... Que viagem ... Que banda extraordinária. Eu amo The Cure!!

  • @garyroberts888
    @garyroberts888 2 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @carlos.l3295
    @carlos.l3295 Рік тому +2

    I can still feel the nostalgia with many memories ! Cheers from Spain

  • @alediojose-yc4ob
    @alediojose-yc4ob Рік тому +2

    Que linda essa música.....lembranças felizes.

  • @eifersuchtkim669
    @eifersuchtkim669 Рік тому +12

    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.

  • @bonnibels
    @bonnibels 4 роки тому +11

    this has been one of my favs for 5 years :( so many memories

    • @bonnibels
      @bonnibels 3 роки тому +1

      this song is always with me

  • @andrewma3491
    @andrewma3491 3 роки тому +4

    As soon as it started it gave me the chills.lol this one pulls at the heartstrings for sure!

  • @maohuerta
    @maohuerta 3 роки тому +5

    Almost 30 years, damn i'm getting old too !😱❤

  • @ThePapisani
    @ThePapisani Рік тому +4

    The Cure greatest song imo

  • @AirborneAnt
    @AirborneAnt 3 роки тому +5

    What a great song…I also love the Blink 182 Cover…

  • @fredynero1937
    @fredynero1937 5 років тому +15

    Sin dudas uno de los mejores temas de the cure
    Buen tema ....

  • @sequoiarain4837
    @sequoiarain4837 Рік тому +3

    I love this! 💅🤪

  • @emmaoswald8043
    @emmaoswald8043 2 роки тому +3

    this Is my fav song by the cure and idk why

  • @charweIch18
    @charweIch18 2 роки тому +5

    Oh, Elise. It doesn't matter what you say 😞

  • @tavio__
    @tavio__ 6 місяців тому +1

    this album is so damn good

  • @ChrisM-zm4li
    @ChrisM-zm4li 2 роки тому +4

    This song really hits my emotions, maybe because I was born in 1965.

  • @heldersenadesousa1132
    @heldersenadesousa1132 5 років тому +10

    Great music! Awesome!

  • @torazenasus5408
    @torazenasus5408 2 місяці тому

    2024 loving this song more and more

  • @stevenroy8028
    @stevenroy8028 4 роки тому +11

    ❤The Cure❤

  • @josuechirino5028
    @josuechirino5028 5 років тому +15

    Great music. Thanks for this friend.

  • @matthewt.carter6875
    @matthewt.carter6875 4 роки тому +3

    Great Song !!! Memories

  • @Alvinisnice_TV
    @Alvinisnice_TV 4 роки тому +9

    Under rated song. Now, I love it😍

  • @danielebaroni3601
    @danielebaroni3601 5 років тому +5

    Nel bene, nel male! W The Cure, sempre con me! ❤️

  • @mauriciopinto4511
    @mauriciopinto4511 5 років тому +32

    Todos tenemos una Elise

  • @piRATA-bt8vx
    @piRATA-bt8vx 3 роки тому +1

    Nice song very influential

  • @elisedelbouille8641
    @elisedelbouille8641 3 роки тому +4

    Thanks for the letter btw took almost 20 years to get to me but thanks

  • @islamsandro2525
    @islamsandro2525 3 роки тому +1

    my song favorite

  • @АндрейКаманин-ь6в
    @АндрейКаманин-ь6в 3 місяці тому

    Красота и память ❤ Стоит на звонке телефона 🎸

  • @LukeBurfordZA
    @LukeBurfordZA Рік тому +1

    This album cover is honestly one my favourite pieces of artworks ❤️

  • @sulibuk
    @sulibuk 2 роки тому +2

    I miss you Elise

  • @frederickelectrick6137
    @frederickelectrick6137 3 роки тому +3

    Hi Elise !!

  • @ismaelhalidou5584
    @ismaelhalidou5584 2 роки тому +2

    Oh Elise....

  • @edgreen8140
    @edgreen8140 4 роки тому +3

    Kick it Robert!

  • @islamsandro2525
    @islamsandro2525 3 роки тому +1

    good music

  • @arismanaco8172
    @arismanaco8172 5 років тому +7

    3:07 - 4:10 serasa terbawa kemana gitu...😴😴

  • @lucianomorais8154
    @lucianomorais8154 4 роки тому +2

    Massa esse cd

  • @user-iy9sy7zc9n
    @user-iy9sy7zc9n 2 роки тому +1

    I love you no matter what you do to me.

  • @richardgiacomo8979
    @richardgiacomo8979 Рік тому

    Baita som!!!!

  • @benjamin002300
    @benjamin002300 2 роки тому +1

    Welcome 🖤

  • @matthewt.carter6875
    @matthewt.carter6875 4 роки тому +6

    14 thumbs down really? Come on !! This is way better than todays music

  • @HeatherChristine609
    @HeatherChristine609 11 місяців тому +1

    I just take as much as you can throw, then I throw it all away!

  • @christophercouch7116
    @christophercouch7116 2 роки тому

    Beautiful😪😪🎶😪😪😪😪😪☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺🎸🎵🎶🎼

  • @elisemedina2237
    @elisemedina2237 5 місяців тому

    🎶 ❤

  • @pyrrhus17
    @pyrrhus17 3 роки тому +1

    I remember her .....

  • @MichaelMurphy-sx6dn
    @MichaelMurphy-sx6dn Рік тому

    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

    • @MichaelMurphy-sx6dn
      @MichaelMurphy-sx6dn 7 місяців тому

      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

  • @christopherpeninger324
    @christopherpeninger324 3 роки тому +1

    I've always wanted to name my daughter Elise...

  • @markl8184
    @markl8184 4 роки тому +2

  • @Fpe1483
    @Fpe1483 3 роки тому +4

    my daughter’s name is madeline elise named after this song

  • @lanattalie
    @lanattalie Рік тому

    ❤️🔥🗣️

  • @manuraul8639
    @manuraul8639 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @elysereyes4483
    @elysereyes4483 4 роки тому +2

    hey its elyse

  • @dalydos3
    @dalydos3 2 роки тому +1

    I have this album on CD but this song isn’t on it????

  • @UMCPastorMNM
    @UMCPastorMNM 2 роки тому +1

    Wish is The Cure's Magnus Opus.

  • @danielgarridowilliams3638
    @danielgarridowilliams3638 10 місяців тому

    The love of my life ( my girlfriend ) is called elise; and wow, this hit hard!!

  • @cssojuewallet1664
    @cssojuewallet1664 4 роки тому +3

    2:59

  • @mamabearkitchen5780
    @mamabearkitchen5780 2 роки тому +1

    Mine.

  • @jennsbond007
    @jennsbond007 Рік тому

    😢😢😢

  • @arendy1983
    @arendy1983 3 роки тому +1

    Its ok. The cure knows.

  • @marcopontis
    @marcopontis 3 роки тому +2

  • @jimmylongino5797
    @jimmylongino5797 3 роки тому

    i love alex ruppe

  • @davidwilliams9302
    @davidwilliams9302 3 роки тому

    Could title this one "my marriage is..."

  • @TheLAKERSareGodsTeam
    @TheLAKERSareGodsTeam 4 роки тому +6

    Not their best work but by far their most sophisticated.

    • @imaginarygirl0
      @imaginarygirl0 2 роки тому +2

      Wish is a masterpiece and this song is no exception.

    • @syteanric
      @syteanric Рік тому

      By far their best! Along with plainsong

  • @izzyarland5304
    @izzyarland5304 Рік тому

    AC Unity: Letters FROM Elise 🤔

  • @solanaceae2069
    @solanaceae2069 Рік тому +1

    there

  • @codedlAnguage
    @codedlAnguage Рік тому

    💖💖💖💖💖💖👉⛰️🌋👉👉👉🙏🙏🙏👉👉💖💖💖👉👉🐇💖🎸👉👉⛰️🌋👉🏄🏄🎼👉👉🖐️👼👉👉💇👉👉🎸🐇🎸🙏🙏⛰️🌋👉👉👉💆💆🎸💆💆🎸👉👉⛰️🌋👉👉🖐️👉🎼🎼🎼🏄🎼👉👉👉💖💖💖👉💥

  • @anabelapaulino8140
    @anabelapaulino8140 3 роки тому +1

    Inspired by Letters to Felice, by Kafka. :)

  • @Kevin-p2l5b
    @Kevin-p2l5b 8 місяців тому +1

    Okay.

  • @benjiroberts4434
    @benjiroberts4434 4 роки тому +9

    Remember that time blink 182 sang this on tv? I try not to either

  • @jamespeace1237
    @jamespeace1237 5 років тому +1

    Why can't women not wanna be famous..there's consequences..😮😮😮😮🤔🤔😲😖

    • @jims68
      @jims68 2 роки тому

      Love or deal with I'd be a fool

  • @wankedah
    @wankedah 2 роки тому +1

    the best

  • @lovecat4everxxx401
    @lovecat4everxxx401 4 роки тому +3

    praying for a letter in my mailbox old fashion letter yeye from a mystery person - if he has my address, feel free, write to me I don't care how you find my address, you have some way to get it? cool ..-- as I am a funny girl who loves exiting things lol :D # exited

    • @janneb71
      @janneb71 Рік тому +1

      Whats your adress an I write you a old fashion letter, I`m a mystery person 😜
      Love your comment LoveCat..🙏

    • @lovecat4everxxx401
      @lovecat4everxxx401 Рік тому

      @@janneb71 😻 I would if I could.. 💝

    • @janneb71
      @janneb71 Рік тому

      @@lovecat4everxxx401 😜🖤🤩

    • @lovecat4everxxx401
      @lovecat4everxxx401 Рік тому

      @@janneb71 😹🌸🌿

    • @janneb71
      @janneb71 Рік тому

      God night LoveCat! Im a not so funny boy, but I love also exiting things😜 I will dream of you to night, my dear and beutiful imaginery friend🖤You`re everything..and I would sing you a Love Song, Charlotte Some
      times😘

  • @schklap5598
    @schklap5598 Рік тому

    3:06

  • @pinomiraglia8256
    @pinomiraglia8256 2 місяці тому

    🎭🎭⭐⭐⭐⭐🎭🎭

  • @jolieblon1829
    @jolieblon1829 3 роки тому +3

    Speed it up a notch. You got blink-182.