The lyrics tell a vague story about a man looking for a girl in a forest. He hears her calling for him, and as he chases her, he suddenly stops and realizes that he is lost and that the girl is not there. The song is fairly upbeat compared to the other material on the album, and Lol Tolhurst's machine-like steady beat together with Simon Gallup's minimalistic bassline gives this nervous chase more depth and keeps the song on the edge of a frantic groove until the end.
Though not their biggest hit, it is regarded by many fans and critics as one of the best examples of The Cure's sound. The song is also notable for securing the band its first slot on BBC's "Top of the Pops".
The track has been re-recorded a number of times by The Cure. In 1990 the track was re-recorded and remixed as the "Tree mix" on the band's "Mixed Up" album. It was redone for the second time on the Join the Dots box set this time remixed by Mark Plati and featuring Earl Slick on guitar. Robert Smith supplied vocals for a Blank & Jones cover version in 2003. The song has also been covered by Nouvelle Vague on their first album Nouvelle Vague and by Carpathian Forest on their debut album Black Shining Leather. The song "Dead Disco" by the Canadian rock group Metric borrows heavily from the song. Many have said this is in reference to the group and the genre.
A Forest
Cure Lyrics
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See into the trees
Find the girl
If you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again
The lyrics of The Cure's song "A Forest" describe a protagonist wandering aimlessly in a dense forest in search of a girl. The first few lines encourage the listener to come closer and see into the trees to find the girl if they can. The second stanza describes how the singer hears the girl's voice and starts to run deeper into the forest towards it. However, the singer soon discovers that they are lost, and the girl was not really there. The song concludes with the singer running towards nothing, repeating the cycle again and again.
Line by Line Meaning
Come closer and see
Approach the forest and observe it closely
See into the trees
Try to look beyond the trees and explore the forest
Find the girl
Spot the girl who is believed to be in the forest
If you can
If you are able to find her
Come closer and see
Get closer to the forest again
See into the dark
Look beyond the darkness of the forest
Just follow your eyes
Trust your vision and instincts to lead you through the forest
Just follow your eyes
Trust your vision and instincts to lead you through the forest
I hear her voice
I perceive the girl's voice
Calling my name
She's calling out to me by name
The sound is deep
Her voice is emanating from deep within the forest
In the dark
Even though it's night time
I hear her voice
I perceive the girl's voice
And start to run
I run towards her voice
Into the trees
Deeper into the forest
Into the trees
Deeper into the forest
Suddenly I stop
All of a sudden, I come to a halt
But I know it's too late
I've already run too far to turn back and retrace my steps
I'm lost in a forest
I'm stranded in the forest with no clue of how to return back
All alone
I am utterly alone in the forest
The girl was never there
There was never any girl in the first place
It's always the same
This situation of being lost in the forest is all too familiar
I'm running towards nothing
My efforts to reach the girl or the way out of the forest are in vain
Again and again and again and again
This cycle of being lost, chasing a phantom, and feeling hopeless keeps repeating
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP, MATTHIEU A. HARTLEY, LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST
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@cariddicalabro
Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
While you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again...
@deanohall8373
I Remember being off my face on Ketamin & Nitros Oxide
When i 1st heard this amazing
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And it has never got old
Also
Don't Do DruG's
Trust Me
You Are Not MissinG Out On Anything Special
Except A Life Of MeSSeD Up
ShiT & Pure Upset .....
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@alanstrom2221
@@oliverdurgen5953
The concept of the music has to be created by a person from zero.
To describe it the way you have is a reflection of your ignorance of music and how it is made from the imagination of a person or persons.
Whether it is The Cure or Guns n Roses.
Axl was in another room when he heard Slash 'noodling' on his Guitar.
Axl insisted that Slash keep the 'noodle' and it was used as the intro to "Sweet Child of Mine".
Some of the most famous riffs are simple and basic. "Smoke on the Water"
"A Forest" is extremely high on my favourite songs list.
A few of my favourite Bands are The Ramones,
The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks & Status Quo.
On the surface they may sound simple, yet, they are far more complex than first thought.
A famous musician once said that it's not the notes you use, it's the space between the notes that create the music.
There's great use of space used on "A Forest"
Too many people enter comments on You Tube that are wildly inaccurate and subjective.
I like to focus on facts and reality.
@blackeagle7947
The Cure
A Forest
Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
If you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
(Again and again and again and again)
And again
@JeMiero
This masterpiece is now 40 years old. Frightnening.
@tnightwolf
yeah XDD it shows how far society has developed XDDD
@Patrycja15815
wtf your right :o
@JeMiero
@@a.i799 Air from J.S.Bach too.
@adamboagey
🤮
@G-G._
@@a.i799 you sound white
@bastiroccitanie
One of the most iconic basslines
@anthonyhart8209
Absolutely
@fredyscanlan
And drum patterns
@koppilork
A part from the work of Les Claypool that is.