The Cure
The Cure
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The Cure
The Cure
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[Verse 1]
All he needs is everyone I've been
And all she needs is everywhere I've seen
All they need, anything I've touched
And all you need is everything I've loved
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Everything I've heard, everything I've learned
Everything I've tried
Everything I've held, everything I've felt
Everything I've lost, everything I've cried
{Until my whole head shrieks with grinding my teeth
Struggling to find a single word I can keep
Any kind of truth, any kind of hope
Just any kind of word that doesn't make me choke
[Chorus]
But I keep saying I will and I won't
I keep saying I do and I don't
I keep saying I feel, but there is nothing to feel
Just a strange kind of nothing where it used to be me
[Refrain]
It used to be me
It used to be me
[Verse 2]
All he needs from me is everyone I've ever missed
And all she needs from me, everyone I've ever kissed
All they need from me, anything I've ever sung
And all you need from me is everything I've ever said, everything I've ever done
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Everything I've ever made, everything I've ever prayed
Everything I've ever believed
Everything I've ever touched, everything I've ever loved
Everything I've ever thought, everything I've ever dreamed
Until my whole head screams with grinding my teeth
Desperate to find a single word i can keep
Any kind of faith, any kind of fix
Just any kind of word that doesn't make me sick
[Chorus]
And I keep saying I will but I won't
I keep saying I do but I don't
And I keep saying I feel, but there is nothing to feel
Just this strange kind of nothing where it used to be me
[Outro]
Anything and everything, all that you need
Get it for free
Anything and everything, all that you need
Get it from me
Anything, everything, all that you need
Get it for free
Anything, everything, all that you need
Get it from me
Get it from me
Get it from me
Get it from me
It Used to Be Me was written by Simon Gallup & Robert Smith & Roger O’Donnell & Perry Bamonte & Jason Cooper.
It Used to Be Me was produced by Robert Smith & Steve Lyon.
The Cure released It Used to Be Me on Mon Apr 22 1996.
In 2004, Robert Smith told Record Collector magazine that he holds “It Used To Be Me” in high regard:
…when the album (Wild Mood Swings) appeared in the Brit Pop world of 1996, they were confronted by the weird Spanish stylings of lead single “The 13th”, although B-sides such as “It Used To Be Me”...