In 2014, Billboard described Disintegration’s last track “Untitled” as “so depressing that Smith couldn’t even give it a name.” NME shared in 1989, “Smith’s lyrical agony of indecision is remorseless” on the track.
Roger O'Donnell shared on his website that bassist Simon Gallup wrote the song’s mus...
[Verse 1]
Hopelessly adrift in the eyes of the ghost again
Down on my knees and my hands in the air again
Pushing my face in the memory of you again
But I never know if it's real
Never know how I wanted to feel
Never quite said what I wanted to say to you
Never quite managed the words to explain to you
Never quite knew how to make them believable
And now the time has gone
Another time undone
[Verse 2]
Never quite said what I wanted to say to you
Never quite managed the words to explain to you
Never quite knew how to make them believable
And now the time has gone
Another time undone
Hopelessly fighting the devil futility
Feeling the monster climb deeper inside of me
Feeling him gnawing my heart away hungrily
I'll never lose this pain
Never dream of you again
Untitled was written by Roger O’Donnell & Simon Gallup & Pearl Thompson & Boris Williams & Robert Smith.
Untitled was produced by Dave Allen & Robert Smith.
Robert Smith calls the song:
…a hopeful song in a hopeless world.
He shared with Oor Magazine that the song was written:
…about how making an album is an utterly pointless occupation.
Keyboardist Roger O'Donnell shared:
Simon (Gallup) wrote this song and the keyboard parts. I simply played them...