“Homesick” is the last song that founding member Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst contributed to while still a member of The Cure.
Technically, all of the songs on the album are credited to all six band members. But in reality, “Homesick” is the only track of which founding member Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst wa...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Hey, hey
Just one more and I'll walk away
All the everything you win turns to nothing today
And I forget how to move when my mouth is this dry
And my eyes are bursting hearts in a blood-stained sky
Oh it was sweet, it was wild
And, oh, how we
I trembled, stuck in honey, honey
Cling to me
So just one more, just one more go
Inspire in me the desire in me to never go home
Do-do-do, do-do-do, do, do, do
Do-do-do, do-do, do
[Verse 2]
Ah, just one more and I'll walk away
All the everything you win turns to nothing today
So just one more, just one more go
Inspire in me the desire in me to never go home
To never go home
Do-do, do, do, do, do, do
Do-dum
[Instrumental Outro]
Homesick was written by Pearl Thompson & Simon Gallup & Boris Williams & Roger O’Donnell & Robert Smith.
Homesick was produced by Dave Allen & Robert Smith.
Robert Smith shared with Oor Magazine:
“Homesick” is about the attraction of forbidden fruits.
In late 1989, keyboardist Roger O'Donnell told Keyboard Magazine how the music for “Homesick” evolved into its final form:
Simon [Gallup] and I had just spent about three hours eating dinner and drinkin...