In fact, Smith was hoping to alienate fans (in his words, create “the ultimate ‘fuck off’ record”) with Pornography and then break up the band. The song points to his struggles with drug addiction, suicidal thoughts and immense pressure from the growing success of The Cure, something he didn’t want at all. With how this song is written, it seems like Smith is talking about not just the band disintegrating, but how he himself is disintegrating He felt lost and unsure of his future. I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery And stains on the carpet and stains on the memory Songs about happiness murmured in dreams And we both of us knew how the end always is But I find that the song that resonates the most with me is the title track “Disintegration” it’s beautiful, dark, and has some very vulnerable lyrics. ![]() The album also holds some of the Cure’s most successful songs, including “Lovesong” and “Pictures of You”. Plus, you can ask any Cure fan what their favorite album is and they’ll usually say Disintegration. The album was their first commercial peak and remains their best selling album. Good things did come out of the mess the band was dealing with, thankfully. This is likely why the album’s lyrics are so intimate. The pressure was intense, and he decided to write material on his own. Disintegration was similarly dark, as the frontman grappled with becoming 30 years old, drummer Lol Tolhurst’s escalating alcohol abuse and the clashing egos of his bandmates. This, combined with constant touring, pushed the group to the edge. This was appropriate, as in-fighting, heavy drug use and Smith’s depression were all constant while the group recorded it. The music of The Cure has often reflected Robert Smith’s feelings for example, 1982’s Pornography was an extremely dark album, probably the group’s darkest. ![]() To me, the entire album sounds like he’s pouring his soul into the music. The way Smith wrote and sung the album’s lyrics, it sounded like he was entering the deepest parts of his psyche and facing his demons as he went. ![]() Perhaps this is why Disintegration is so powerful: it seems very genuine. The lyrics to Lia are about a persons inner struggle between accepting reality and wanting to escape into an imaginary world. Smith leaned heavily into psychedelic drugs during the album’s production and was battling depression. It came out in 1989, during a pretty crazy time for frontman Robert Smith. Disintegration is the eighth album released by The Cure (the original goths, no doubt).
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