Pictures of You (Extended Version 1990) - The Cure

I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel Remembering you standing quiet in the rain As I ran to your heart to be near And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close How I always held close in your fear Remembering you running soft through the night You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow And screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky And you finally found all your courage to let it all go Remembering you fallen into my arms Crying for the death of your heart You were stone white, so delicate, lost in the cold You were always so lost in the dark Remembering you how you used to be Slow drowned, you were angels, so much more than everything Hold for the last time, then slip away quietly Open my eyes, but I never see anything If only I'd thought of the right words I could have held on to your heart If only I'd thought of the right words I wouldn't be breaking apart All my pictures of you Looking so long at these pictures of you I never hold on to your heart Looking so long for the words to be true But always just breaking apart My pictures of you There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more Than to feel you deep in my heart There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more Than to never feel the breaking apart My pictures of you

I feel just like Picasso And you're my masterpiece I painted you a lifetime Now what's left are memories Oooh Sunlight's in the curtains Diamonds in the trees I gave you colors blue and gold As you lay upon the sheets Something so familiar drawn from this blank page Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase No matter how I try, no matter what I do I'm still painting pictures of you I could almost smell your perfume In each brush stroke of the flowers I left you tea from China Waiting in your sacred tower Something so familiar drawn from this blank page Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase No matter how I try, no matter what I do I'm still painting pictures of you If I should go crazy, if I would go blind I'd still fill the canvas from the pictures in my mind If that's the only way to make you mine It was something so familiar Drawn from this blank page Every line from my hand takes me back to what I can't erase No matter how I try, no matter what I do I'm still painting pictures, I'm always painting pictures Still painting pictures of you Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh...

I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel Remembering you standing quiet in the rain As I ran to your heart to be near And we kissed as the sky fell in Holding you close How I always held close in your fear If only I'd thought of the right words I could've held on to your hand If onlt I'd thought of the right words I wouldn't be breaking apart All my pictures of you There was nothing in the world That I ever wanted more Than to feel you deep in my heart There was nothing in the world That I ever wanted more Than to never feel the breaking apart All my pictures of you.

Pictures of you without me Tears dried, now it's time to leave Won't let you take all the blame There's nothing to fix if we stay Pictures of you without me Tears dried, now it's time to leave Won't let you take all the blame There's nothing to fix if we stay Pictures of you without me Pictures of you without me Tears dried, now it's time to leave Won't let you take all the blame Therе's nothing to fix if we stay There's nothing to fix if wе stay Pictures of you without me Tears dried, now it's time to leave Won't let you take all the blame There's nothing to fix if we stay Pictures of you without me Tears dried, now it's time to leave Won't let you take all the blame There's nothing to fix if we stay Pictures of you without me Pictures of you without me Tears dried, now it's time to leave Won't let you take all the blame There's nothing to fix if we stay

(A million pictures of you) This is just a dream, can't believe my eyes This moment, I could relive it a million times And honestly, I'd do anything To-to-to try to keep this image frozen in my head I know I'll be replaying this again and again 'Cause honestly, you're my everything A million pictures of you could never be enough Now you're touching my hand and I'm biting my tongue 'Cause I know you're the one I swear, we'll be more than a memory A million pictures of you 'til the morning light If we don't leave this room, I'll be perfectly fine for the rest of my life I swear, we'll be more than a memory More than a memory Polaroids laid out all over the floor My heart is beating faster than ever before And suddenly, it's taking over me But, baby, I don't even care if I'm losing control 24-7 yet I'm ready to go Reality don't mean anything A million pictures of you could never be enough Now you're touching my hand and I'm biting my tongue 'Cause I know you're the one I swear, we'll be more than a memory A million pictures of you 'til the morning light If we don't leave this room, I'll be perfectly fine for the rest of my life I swear, we'll be more than a memory More than a memory Every road, every frame Imprinted in my brain There's only one thing I can think to do I've gotta shoot a million pictures of you (A million pictures of you) A million pictures of you could never be enough Now you're touching my hand and I'm biting my tongue 'Cause I know you're the one I swear, we'll be more than a memory A million pictures of you 'til the morning light If we don't leave this room, I'll be perfectly fine for the rest of my life I swear, we'll be more than a memory More than a memory More than a memory

Cherish the moment Feel inside We sit in the same room Side by side I give you the wrong lines Feed you Accuracy, accuracy Look into my eyes We both smile I could kill you Without trying That's accuracy Accuracy Accuracy An observant prefers accuracy, accuracy Practice all day for accuracy Mirror mirror on the wall...

You know you turn me on Eyes so wide and legs so long But don't try to talk to me I won't listen to your lies You're just an object in my eyes You're just an object in my eyes Sophisticated smile You seduce in such fine style But don't try to fool me Because I can see through your disguise You're just an object in my eyes You're just an object in my eyes But I don't mind Just don't care I've got no objection To you touching me Object, object Object, object Object, object Object, object You know just what to do Lick your lips and I want you But don't try to hold me Because I don't want any ties You're just an object in my eyes You're just an object in my eyes But I don't mind Now, I just don't care I've got no objections To you touching me You're just an object, object You're just an object, object You're just an object, object You're just an object, object Object, object Object, object You're just an object, object You're just an object

I never felt like this with anyone before You only have to smile and I'm dizzy You make the world go round A thousand times an hour Just touch my head And send me spinning I never felt like this with anyone before You show me colours and I'm crying You hold my eyes in yours And open up the world I can't believe all of this Can't believe all this I want to keep this feeling Deep inside of me I want you always in my heart You are everything You are everything I never felt like this with anyone before You fill my head full of rainbows And all the rainbows end Is every step you take Just to be with you forever I want to keep this feeling Deep inside of me I want you always in my heart You are everything You are everything (You are everything)

(One, two) Yeah I know who you remind me of A girl I think I used to know Yeah I'd see her when the day got colder On those days when it felt quite low You know I even think that she stared like you She used to just stand there and stare And roll her eyes right up to heaven And make like I just wasn't there And she used to fall down a lot That girl was always falling Again and again And I used to sometimes try to catch her But I never even caught her name And sometimes we would spend the night Just rolling about on the floor And I remember Even though it felt soft at the time I always used to wake up sore You know I even think that she smiled like you She used to just stand there and smile And her eyes would go all sort of far away And stay like that for quite a while And I remember she used to fall down a lot That girl was always falling Again and again And I used to sometimes try to catch her But I never even caught her name Yes I sometimes even tried to catch her But I never even caught her name