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Track 2 · Pornography

A Short Term Effect

The Cure · 1982

Written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Lol Tolhurst

4:22 Duration
138 Words

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Movement, no movement, just a falling bird

Cold as it hits the bleeding ground

He lived and died, catch sight, cover me with earth

Draped in black, static white sound

[Chorus]

A day without substance, a change of thought

An atmosphere that rots with time

Colours that flicker in water, a short term effect

[Verse 2]

Scream as she tries to push him over

Helpless and sick

With teeth of madness, jump, jump, dance and sing

Sideways across the desert, a charcoal face bites my hand

Time is sweet, derange and disengage everything

[Chorus]

A day without substance, a change of thought

The atmosphere rots with time

Colours that flicker in water, a short term effect

A short term effect

[Outro]

An echo and a stranger's hand, a short term effect

An echo and a stranger's hand, a short term effect

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