Third album. See, I’m doing good. I’m onto the third album and I have yet to get bored. Although, I suppose you are….whoever you are.

Dark, sombre, chilling,genius- these are just some words that one could use to describe The Cure’s third album. It is painfully dark and wonderfully haunting. They say you should never judge a book by its cover. With an album, you can probably get away with it. Especially with this record. The cover to Faith is grey, foggy and eerie. Listen to the album, and it gives off exactly the same atmosphere. The Cure are one of the few bands that always have brilliant artwork with their albums. As someone who loves buying CDs/records and going through the artwork as I listen to the album, The Cure, I find are a brilliant band to do this to. There aren’t many around, this is why I treasure (oh look, a bad pun) The Cure so much.

I adore The Drowning Man. Hands down, favourite track off the album. The title alone is morbid. “I would have left the world all bleeding, could I only help you love.”  Not only is the such a sad line, it is beautiful too. For some reason I can find beauty and the good in sadness- I have no idea why, I don’t want to know why. If I knew why, I probably wouldn’t be able to function. I like the idea of darkness and a bit of chaos; there’s something quite comforting about it. I don’t know, I’m going off topic again.

Faith is regarded as the centre point of the “Dark Trilogy”- starting with Seventeen Seconds and ending with Pornography. Well, the darker the better I say!

As someone who has a weird curiosty with the subject of death, I’m obviously going to be drawn to the track The Funeral Party. I can only imagine the hardcorefans of The Cure wanting this playing at their funeral, good on them. Bloody good song. It doesn’t sound like your stereotypical song by The Cure, it is more slowed down than most and it is possibly their saddest track. I’d honestly say it is on a par with Treasure; it is that sad. The lyrics are wonderful, even the title is genius. “Two pale figures,ache in silence.” What a gorgeous way to start a song. This is sheer poetry, fuck it; Robert Smith is a poet. Of all the albums by The Cure, Faith shows how much of a lyrical genius Robert Smith is. He’s a bloody poet. A true Romantic. Although it is a sad song, you can find strength and comfort in it. Death comes to us all; whether you’re the one dying or the one left without a person- we all experience it. This song can give you the strength to overcome the pain of dealing with the loss of someone.

One thing I always take from listening to The Cure, especially with this record is their ability to get inside your head and vocalise how you feel. The dark feelings you cannot tell your best friend are sung by Robert Smith and you do not feel so horrible about having such dark feelings. What makes us human and in touch with how we feel is not being afraid to feel. This is what I believe, and I believe it because of The Cure and Robert Smith’s words. Where would I be without them, without this record? I don’t know. I’m not willing to know.