The Cure Songs - The Walk Lyrics

The Cure - The Walk

The Cure - The Walk Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Japanese Whispers
Released: 1983

The Walk Lyrics

I called you after midnight
Then ran until I burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door
We walked around the lake
And woke up in the rain
And everyone turned over
Troubled in their dreams again

Visiting time is over
And so we walk away
And both play dead then cry out loud
Why we always cry this way?

I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered everything

I called you after midnight
Then ran until my heart burst
I passed the howling woman
And stood outside your door

I kissed you in the water
And made your dry lips sing
I saw you look
Like a Japanese baby
In an instant I remembered everything

Take me for a walk
Take me for a walk
Let's go for a walk
Take me for a walk

Writer/s: SMITH, ROBERT JAMES / TOLHURST, LAURENCE ANDREW
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

The Walk Song Chart

When this was first released many people thought The Cure had ripped off the sound of New Order's "Blue Monday." Though many fingers were pointed at The Cure, no actions were ever taken due to the fact that this was written and recorded before, but released after "Blue Monday." The likeness between the two was proven to be nothing more than coincidence.

There have been several versions of this track. The band re-recorded it for their 1990 remix album Mixed up, as the original master tapes had been lost. They also recorded an acoustic version for their 2001 Greatest Hits album, which included a bonus disc featuring exclusively acoustic renderings of their songs.

This was the first Cure song to enter the UK top 20, and it put unprecedented pressures on the band for commercial success. In a 1983 interview with the Italian magazine Rockerilla, vocalist and primary lyricist Robert Smith said: "There was so much pressure around 'The Walk' because it went in the charts and now everyone wants another single. We must resist this temptation, I'm tired of being bound to the same group of people, the same music area. People don't understand why we split up, since this would be the ideal moment to take advantage of three years of incessant touring. Everyone was saying that our next album would be the definitive one, but we decided to call it quits without reaching our initial goals."