The Cure - A Forest (12" Extended Mix) 1980

Written-By – Tolhurst, Hartley, Smith, Gallup
© 1980 Polydor Ltd.(UK)

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS SONG.

"A Forest" is a song by the English alternative rock band The Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and The Cure's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds in April 1980. It was their debut entry on the United Kingdom chart, where it reached number 31. The accompanying music video was first shown on BBC's Top of the Pops programme on 24 April 1980. The song can also be heard in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories by the developer Rockstar North, which can be heard on The Wave 103.

Recorded and mixed over seven days, along with the rest of the songs from the album, "A Forest" is representative of The Cure's early 1980s gothic rock phase. The song has featured on the band's setlists for many years. Several versions have appeared on concert albums, and it was remixed and released as a single from the Mixed Up album in 1990. The song has been covered by several artists including Blank & Jones, Sophie Barker and Ror-Shak.


Lyric:
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

Дата на публикация: 12 октомври, 2026
Категория: Музика
Ключови думи: The MIX extended Cure Forest 1980 12"