Robert Smith, a fan of poet Dylan Thomas, was likely inspired to write “Bird Mad Girl” from Thomas' poem ‘Love In An Asylum’:
A stranger has come
To share my room in the house
Not right in the head,
A girl mad as birds
[Verse 1]
This girl has got a smile
That can make me cry
This girl just burns with love
She's burning, burning deep outside
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Night time, night time sets my house on fire
Oh, I'll turn into the melting man
I'll lose my life to feel I feel desire
[Chorus]
Oh, I should feel
Like a polar bear
Like a polar bear
It's impossible
[Verse 2]
She flies outside this cage
Singing girl-mad words
I keep her dark thoughts deep inside
As black as stone and mad as birds
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Burn wild, wild, wild, and never turn away
Oh, sends me all her love, she sends me everything
She sends me everywhere
[Chorus 2]
Oh, I could be
A polar bear
Oh, I could be
A polar bear
It's impossible
[Verse 3]
Try to talk, the sky goes red
I forget, so fill my head
With some of this, some of that
Some of every word she says
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Oh, night time, night time sets my house on fire
I'll turn into the melting man
I'll lose my life to feel I feel desire
[Chorus]
Oh, I should be
A polar bear
Oh, I should be
A polar bear
But it's impossible
Bird Mad Girl was written by Robert Smith & Lol Tolhurst.
Bird Mad Girl was produced by Dave Allen & Chris Parry.
The Cure released Bird Mad Girl on Mon Apr 30 1984.