Inspired by having his privacy violated by a drone filming him from overhead, “Drone:Nodrone” was written about figuring out “how to come to terms with getting older”. It was a late addition to the album.
NME‘s Andrew Trendell called “Drone:Nodrone”:
A wailing, noir rocker with a devious earworm c...
[Intro]
Um
[Verse 1]
I'm breaking up again, I feel it in the air
I'm really not sure what to say
I don't remember being there at all
Yeah, I know, there's no question that I was
But the answers that I have
Are not the answers that you want
[Pre-Chorus]
So it's all, "Don't know, I really don't"
And all, "Think so, but maybe not"
And all, "Could be a case of me misplacing my identity?"
Yeah, all, "Don't know, I really don't"
And all, "Think so, but maybe not"
And all, "I guess it's more or less like ending up as nobody?"
[Chorus]
Down, down, down, yeah, I'm pretty much done
Staring down the barrel of the same warm gun
Down, down, down, yeah, I'm pretty much done
I lose my reason when I fall through the door
Endless black night lost in looking for more
At least I know now how I lose it before
One last shot at happiness
[Interlude]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, happiness (Happiness)
[Verse 2]
I know there's something up, it's all so hit and miss
I'm trying to make some sense of it, I guess the explanation is
I can't anymore, if I ever really could
Kind of strange to think it takes this long to get misunderstood
[Pre-Chorus]
So it's all, "Don't know, I really don't"
And all, "Think so, but maybe not"
And all, "Could be a case of me displacing my reality?"
And all, "I guess it's more or less the way that it was meant to be"
[Chorus]
Down, down, down, yeah, I'm pretty much done
Staring down the barrel of the same warm gun
Down, down, down, yeah, I'm pretty much done
I lose my reason when I fall through the door
Endless black night lost in looking for more
At least I know now how I lose it before
One last shot
(One last shot)
(One last shot)
Drone:Nodrone was written by Robert Smith.
Drone:Nodrone was produced by Robert Smith & Paul Corkett.
The-cure released Drone:Nodrone on Fri Nov 01 2024.
Robert Smith told Radio X that “Drone:Nodrone” was inspired by the first time he saw a drone fly overhead as it was “hovering and filming” and how he “felt so vulnerable” and was thinking “whoever is doing this, they shouldn’t be doing it”.
He went on to explain that this led him to write about how...