At Night
The Cure * Track #9 On Seventeen Seconds
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At Night by The Cure
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The CureProduced by
Robert Smith & Mike HedgesWrited by
Robert Smith & Simon Gallup & Lol TolhurstAbout
This song is an interpretation of Franz Kafka’s very short story “At Night”, as frontman Robert Smith mentioned in Q&A in the Cure News #6 fanzine from 1989:
inspired by the kafka short story of the same name – the precursor to “faith”
In Kafka’s version, the narrator refers to “you” as “one o...
At Night Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sunk deep in the night, I sink in the night
Standing alone underneath the sky
I feel the chill of ice on my face
I watch the hours go by
The hours go by
[Verse 2]
You sleep, sleep in a safe bed
Curled and protected, protected from sight
Under a safe roof, deep in your house
Unaware of the changes at night
At night
[Verse 3]
I hear the darkness breathe
I sense the quiet despair
Listen to the silence at night
Someone has to be there
Someone has to be there
[Outro]
Someone must be there
At Night Q&A
Who wrote At Night's ?
At Night was written by Robert Smith & Simon Gallup & Lol Tolhurst.
Who produced At Night's ?
At Night was produced by Robert Smith & Mike Hedges.
What did The Cure say about "At Night"?
Robert Smith shared:
That song is inspired to Kafka, to the fact that there is a guardian – that is God’s concept after all – that sees us. Coming back to the night, it recurs frequently in what I write because I prefer it to daylight by far. I usually work at night and sleep during the day. I don’...