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A Letter to Elise. " A Letter to Elise " is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the third and final single from the album Wish on 5 October 1992. In 2010, Pitchfork Media ranked it at number 184 in their list of "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s". [1]
- "The Big Hand", "A Foolish Arrangement"
- 5 October 1992
- 5:12
- Fiction
[Verse 3] 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 ...
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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.
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Songfacts®: Robert Smith of The Cure was going through a period of depression when writing the songs for Wish, and he said that "A Letter to Elise" is about "resignation." He was inspired by the Jean Cocteau novel The Holy Terrors and by the David Bowie song "A Letter to Hermione." Smith says the song is a "'stream of consciousness' piece ...
