Cure Thoughts

I’m here trying to gather my thoughts, but work bothers me even when I’m on holiday in my beautiful Umbria. But I won’t let my worries stop me! I need to express all my Cure love today. 

I won’t write much about this two beautiful human beings, because I’m sure I would fall into a very common trap and start speculating about things I know nothing about. We all need to remind ourselves that we know nothing about Robert’s private life. But I still think it would be nearly impossible to leave his wife out; she’s got quite a huge influence on so many Cure songs…

Through the years I found very few references to their relationship, but every time I was so fascinated by the weirdness of all the things Robert said about Mary. Every time I found a new one I got so excited, I thought it was like placing a new piece in the puzzle of their love. And then I grew up and I understood two things:

-        It would be healthier for me not to be too nosy about stuff that is absolutely none of my business…

-        The way their couple is represented in Cure songs might be waaay different from what their couple actually is.

So, all the gratitude I would like to express tonight is gratitude for the idea of love that Cure love songs instilled in my soul. I’ve got so many issues with love. Up until today, I can say I’ve never been able to really love somebody the way I would want to. There is just one song that I’m sure describes in the purest way how Robert feels about Mary (or at least, how he felt about her in 1989): Lovesong. I couldn’t tell you why, I just know it deep down in my bones. That’s how I would love to be able to love somebody. If it wasn’t for those transparent, pure, crystalline words, I would’ve never been able to understand what loving someone would mean. If it wasn’t for all the little things Robert told us about Mary, I would still think that the kind of relationship I dream about is not what love actually is. It’s difficult to explain, but there’s an image I love to death that I think represents Robert and Mary very well, and that also explains what I feel every time I listen to Lovesong, or This Twilight Garden, or Just Like Heaven, or Pictures Of You. I’m not sure, but I think Robert painted it himself. I’m amazed by how he’s able to represent feelings through pictures as he does in songs…