I danced to this exact version at my quince for my father daughter dance and you bet your butt we're gonna dance to it at my wedding. This has always been my special song not only because I was named after it ,but because whenever l need a pick me up or destress I always look to this song. It means the world to me.
Hey Elise, it's been the same for me too. This song lifts me up and makes me feel lighter when I hear it during stress. Realized it during my exam days:-)
Um Not to be a downer but this song is absolutely NOT a love song, hes singing about how he can't light up her eyes the way he should and that it doesn't matter what she says or does plus that they are lying to themselves about the fact that it should be better but they are settling for not being in love anymore. Not something to play at your wedding. It is however a haunting elegant song by a masterful songwriter and I really like the song even if it makes me feel melancholy, I think that was the intent. But of course you can do whatever you wish.
I agree with what you are saying , but it's a beautiful , gorgeous song I think any music that u can relate to no matter how sad, I love the Cure ( I did in the 80's ) but as years have gone by the music is more important to me than ever. Also I was listening to Coldplay' s ' Everflow ' the other day , it's every bit as well written as this song and I love it !but for some reason it makes me very sad even though the message I get from it is relatively positive. :)
My favorite MTV Unplugged show. I love that they actually rearranged songs to fit the unplugged motif rather than just play them the exact same way as they were on the album
@@takecareofyourshoess to me it's the childish toy simplicity of it juxtaposed with the lush sound of everything else that makes it great, just like the lyrics, it's showing the lost innocence
@@benbryson6598 Meh to each their own, you know. It sounds bad to my ears....I could not care less what it "represents". To me, it represents a poor choice in instrumentation.
There's usually a dark place we all find ourselves in....and The Cure seems to that soundtrack.... Here's to being depressed, and having great music to soak in.
Elise, it doesn't matter what you say You know I'll stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out Every way to smile Forget And make believe we never needed Any more than this Any more than this Elise it doesn't matter what you do You know I'll never really get inside of you To make your eyes catch fire the way they should To may the blue will pull me in If they only would If they only would At least I'd lose this sense of sensing Something else that hides away From me and you this world's to part With aching words And breaking hearts And all the smiles your hands can take But I can take as much as you can throw And then throw it all away Oh I'll throw it all away Like throwing faces as the sky Like throwing arms round yesterday I stood and stared like stone in front of you And the way I stared it seemed I looked right out of you And even the way I stand I stand away from you Elise believe me take me away from this And secretly we'll slip into all our promises Away from it all in the cover of the night again And we'll watch the years fall And we'll dream it all back like we do Elise it doesn't matter what you say You know I'll stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same the way We act out Every way to smile Forget and make believe we never needed any more than this Any more than this As fast as I pick it up It falls away through my clutching hands As fast as I pick it up It falls away like falling sand But there's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do at all...
This is why I love music. Robert Smith is a legend and no one can ever compare to him and his style of music. He is a genius and he deserves a standing ovation every time he performs
@@charliemuskrat No. He wrote the lyrics, so they are his lyrics to sing as he wants. Robert Smith is a great songwriter. He changed the lyrics in this performance. He sang the words in the way he was feeling them. Even these lyrics are just as powerful as his recorded lyrics.
I've been listening to The Cure a lot lately, and not because I'm depressed, but I've loved them since I was 12.....34 years now. I never appreciated the music and lyrics as much as I do now. 99.9% of their song's brings out so many different emotions, this being one of them, but each album is so different and hauntingly beautiful. Don't ever stop singing Robert, don't ever stop. To the band as a whole...never ever stop playing. I love and adore The Cure.
This must be one of the first live performances of the song. The album Wish was released only in 1992. The lyrics we’re not even finished, compared to the album version. Very nice performance and beautiful voice
I saw them live couple years back now and was devastated they didn't play this song, this has to be my favourite cure song and this version is perfection
@@rnguyen2516 I just saw them May 14th Mother’s Day in Austin TX, and sadly my friend they did not play it :( I was looking forward to it the most as well lol
@@ashtynlandin3136 ohh that breaks my heart! Did they play Pictures of You? I saw on their website that they have a set list. I’m curious if they always stick to it! Did you enjoy the concert? I hope you had a great time! Thank you so much for letting me know! I’m in Dallas but missed them because my niece graduated from college. I hope you enjoyed your Mother’s Day weekend!
April 2021 I'm listening. This song feels like a novel squeezed into a song. His voice is perfect, the music along with it, the words, they way they were thrown into this song...
I find it fascinating that the small lyrical changes between this and the final version that went into the album change the tone COMPLETELY, both are about unrequited love, but here, they sound like the person singing is still clinging to hope even when they know there's no point as they will never be loved back...and the album version is about resignation, the singer feels the same love, but there, they've given up and accepted it's not meant to be. A simple change from "Elise it doesn't matter what you say, you know I'll stay here every yesterday" to "it doesn't matter what you say, _I just can't stay here every yesterday_ "is a world of a difference, The part where it's most evident (and painful) is right before the musical solo, here, it begs for another chance, for an escape from reality (Elise believe me take me away from this, and secretly we'll slip into all our promises), and in the final version, there's resignation (Elise believe I never wanted this, I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises, I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about...But I let the dream go and the promises broke, the make-believe ran out) which is devastating to hear...but we've all been there, in both meanings of the song. It really helped me let go of my highschool crush that I held on to for so many years, I don't thinkl I would've moved on without this song.
This has such indian sounds in it 💛 my father plays the sitar and does Hindustani vocals and was able to identify the melodic parallel in Hindustani music 🎵
beautiful acoustic take on one of their last truly great all-time songs from their last, as of now, all-time great last album-its-amazing, that this album is nearly 25 years old
i just saw them live in Houston Texas but they didn't sing this song... my favorite! it just means no matter what no matter how.. the cure will live thru us all.. day in day out!
I think the lyrics to the bridge were not finished yet, since this was performed before the album came out. The album lyrics are so much better and every line hits perfectly for the moment in the song. That it started out with these kind of nonsense lyrics makes me appreciate even more what a great lyricist he is.
This is my favorite version. It was the first time they played it live, about 17 months before it was released on the album, Wish. The verse that starts at 2:34 is not used on the studio version and has never been used again. This verse is the one verse in the song that can put a tear in my eye.
"Take me away from here. Secretly we'll slip into all our promises. Away from it all under cover of the night again, and we'll watch the years fall ... "
Some might say The Cure or The Smiths are sad and depresing bands... they are not wrong, but great music can be chilling, happy, sad or wathever... The real deal is that can push thousands of people emotions, as long as the music generate something is a little miracle that conection. Ive heard the cure since i was a kid and the thing is: its still moving for me.
I danced to this exact version at my quince for my father daughter dance and you bet your butt we're gonna dance to it at my wedding. This has always been my special song not only because I was named after it ,but because whenever l need a pick me up or destress I always look to this song. It means the world to me.
Hey Elise, it's been the same for me too. This song lifts me up and makes me feel lighter when I hear it during stress. Realized it during my exam days:-)
wow
Um Not to be a downer but this song is absolutely NOT a love song, hes singing about how he can't light up her eyes the way he should and that it doesn't matter what she says or does plus that they are lying to themselves about the fact that it should be better but they are settling for not being in love anymore. Not something to play at your wedding. It is however a haunting elegant song by a masterful songwriter and I really like the song even if it makes me feel melancholy, I think that was the intent. But of course you can do whatever you wish.
I agree with what you are saying , but it's a beautiful , gorgeous song I think any music that u can relate to no matter how sad, I love the Cure ( I did in the 80's ) but as years have gone by the music is more important to me than ever. Also I was listening to Coldplay' s ' Everflow ' the other day , it's every bit as well written as this song and I love it !but for some reason it makes me very sad even though the message I get from it is relatively positive. :)
Look at Elvis Costello’s “Allison” was a popular first dance song in the day.
Robert's voice is perfect in this performance - he's not putting the wail and whine into it, just his naturally great singing voice.
bh617 the way he is playing the guitar is amazing also
bh617 miss pearl
High level at all
A truly beautiful song and a magnificent vocal performance.
Unplugged version has different lyrics from the original release. Simply awesome!
I was really just so confused. I was listening to this with my eyes closed, singing along and getting all the words wrong.
My favorite MTV Unplugged show. I love that they actually rearranged songs to fit the unplugged motif rather than just play them the exact same way as they were on the album
Been a fan for awhile now. Glad to see you have a great taste in music as well as games.
They actually played this before the album Wish came out, he changed the lyrics on the album.
This was honestly my favourite lineup
Amo essa banda
Snnnnnnnnnes drunk
the tiny piano nailed it
Lol...i just finished teaching my daughter the piano part...
I think it sounds awful.
FOR REAL 💜
@@takecareofyourshoess to me it's the childish toy simplicity of it juxtaposed with the lush sound of everything else that makes it great, just like the lyrics, it's showing the lost innocence
@@benbryson6598 Meh to each their own, you know. It sounds bad to my ears....I could not care less what it "represents". To me, it represents a poor choice in instrumentation.
I'm 55, and listened to music all my life. This is the only song that can make me break down and cry.
It will always have a special place in my heart.
Same...and i'm 58...
I'm 55
I'm 65. You're 55. Robert's a month younger than me. 🥴@@jeanettenoa9729
That voice is misery and beauty.
A performance that’s comes around once in a lifetime that stays with you forever
There's usually a dark place we all find ourselves in....and The Cure seems to that soundtrack.... Here's to being depressed, and having great music to soak in.
Elise, it doesn't matter what you say
You know I'll stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget
And make believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this
Elise it doesn't matter what you do
You know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire the way they should
To may the blue will pull me in
If they only would
If they only would
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing
Something else that hides away
From me and you this world's to part
With aching words
And breaking hearts
And all the smiles your hands can take
But I can take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I'll throw it all away
Like throwing faces as the sky
Like throwing arms round yesterday
I stood and stared like stone in front of you
And the way I stared it seemed I looked right out of you
And even the way I stand
I stand away from you
Elise believe me take me away from this
And secretly we'll slip into all our promises
Away from it all in the cover of the night again
And we'll watch the years fall
And we'll dream it all back like we do
Elise it doesn't matter what you say
You know I'll stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same the way
We act out
Every way to smile
Forget and make believe we never needed any more than this
Any more than this
As fast as I pick it up
It falls away through my clutching hands
As fast as I pick it up
It falls away like falling sand
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do at all...
Danke, für den Songtext(wundervoller Akustik Song) so kann ich den song überall hören.
Leben,The Cure!!!!!
Arnaldo, so ist es cure forever......best
Ich stimme zu.
The way the blue could pull me in**
a girl broke my heart in two back in jr high (1993). She dedicated this song to me. I loved her so much I named my daughter ELISE. Ironic huh...
My Daughter is Elise (Elle) Emily...just the best name ...ever...
Yeah. I get it.
This is why I love music. Robert Smith is a legend and no one can ever compare to him and his style of music. He is a genius and he deserves a standing ovation every time he performs
Roberts voice is absolutely breathtaking in this Unplugged version. Beautifully done !❤️
Yeah, he sounds flawless!
The Cure one of the best band of all time. Thank you.................
That opening line just melts my heart
So is mine ;-) I feel the same
He messed up the lyrics XD
@@charliemuskrat No. He wrote the lyrics, so they are his lyrics to sing as he wants. Robert Smith is a great songwriter. He changed the lyrics in this performance. He sang the words in the way he was feeling them. Even these lyrics are just as powerful as his recorded lyrics.
Succulent Queen ok
I've been listening to The Cure a lot lately, and not because I'm depressed, but I've loved them since I was 12.....34 years now. I never appreciated the music and lyrics as much as I do now. 99.9% of their song's brings out so many different emotions, this being one of them, but each album is so different and hauntingly beautiful.
Don't ever stop singing Robert, don't ever stop. To the band as a whole...never ever stop playing.
I love and adore The Cure.
Never knew the cure had an appearance on MTV's unplugged until now and it's 2022 such classic early band footage I love it
This must be one of the first live performances of the song. The album Wish was released only in 1992. The lyrics we’re not even finished, compared to the album version. Very nice performance and beautiful voice
Robert has such an amazing way of connecting with us...a true treasure
this makes me miss a girl i once knew and one who i hadn't thought of for 20 years but just the same
:)
Trev Mac I have a friend Elise is her name
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My favorite Cure song . Beautiful.
Jojo The Man Mine too.
Agree, think it’s their best work
Simply perfect, it moves my heart when i see these five
Such a beautiful song acoustically. I love the extra verse that's not in the studio version.
one of the greatest heart break songs of all time....
Wow this version is so good.
Yeah...could been an added track on the wish deluxe edition
Strongly agree. They should’ve just kept the original stuff before the changed three of the songs from Wish.
I saw them live couple years back now and was devastated they didn't play this song, this has to be my favourite cure song and this version is perfection
Oh no…they are touring in my area this year and I would be crushed as well. They must play this song at concerts, lol.
@@rnguyen2516 I just saw them May 14th Mother’s Day in Austin TX, and sadly my friend they did not play it :( I was looking forward to it the most as well lol
@@ashtynlandin3136 ohh that breaks my heart! Did they play Pictures of You? I saw on their website that they have a set list. I’m curious if they always stick to it! Did you enjoy the concert? I hope you had a great time! Thank you so much for letting me know! I’m in Dallas but missed them because my niece graduated from college. I hope you enjoyed your Mother’s Day weekend!
I love the little piano touch. God. I love this band so much, And I wear blue sometimes!
April 2021 I'm listening. This song feels like a novel squeezed into a song. His voice is perfect, the music along with it, the words, they way they were thrown into this song...
I find it fascinating that the small lyrical changes between this and the final version that went into the album change the tone COMPLETELY, both are about unrequited love, but here, they sound like the person singing is still clinging to hope even when they know there's no point as they will never be loved back...and the album version is about resignation, the singer feels the same love, but there, they've given up and accepted it's not meant to be.
A simple change from "Elise it doesn't matter what you say, you know I'll stay here every yesterday" to "it doesn't matter what you say, _I just can't stay here every yesterday_ "is a world of a difference,
The part where it's most evident (and painful) is right before the musical solo, here, it begs for another chance, for an escape from reality (Elise believe me take me away from this, and secretly we'll slip into all our promises), and in the final version, there's resignation (Elise believe I never wanted this, I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises, I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about...But I let the dream go and the promises broke, the make-believe ran out) which is devastating to hear...but we've all been there, in both meanings of the song. It really helped me let go of my highschool crush that I held on to for so many years, I don't thinkl I would've moved on without this song.
My parents grew up in the 70, 80s they say I would’ve been a cure kid. They are so right. Let me live this life, I don’t belong in this time.
such a beautiful gentle human being. Love pours from his body. What a legend x
this is a real mood right now, I feel so heartbroken
I am so happy to have seen this just now. 🙂
This makes me remember all the good times, and all the things we did.
I guess he can change the words... What an amazing album.
Wow. Never hear this version lyrics in the end part. Love how he changes it up on the go!!
This is my favorite song by the Cure. So good.
The focus of all the members of the band is intense!
Robert is an underated guitarist!
Agreed
Still the most beautiful version¡!!
Uma canção que ultrapassa os ouvidos, os ossos, e chega direto na alma...se é que você me entende😔🎵👏🔥🇧🇷
Absolutely beautiful and the best version ever.. makes me cry every time :(
This has such indian sounds in it 💛 my father plays the sitar and does Hindustani vocals and was able to identify the melodic parallel in Hindustani music 🎵
I love this song.... acoustically beautiful
Robert’s voice was perfection in this performance. The Cure has given us some beautiful music. Love this ❤
Shivers.
This probably one of my favorite sad/romantic songs ever
This song perfectly describes the situation I am in right now. I wish somebody could help me... I wish I never met her... It hurts like hell...
It's been eight months. I hope today finds you in a much better place. *hugs*
CODEINE I’m sorry I know this feeling all to well love can hurt at times hope things get better
You'll be miserable for about a year or so.
Hope ur alright
RezilKepaze hold on good charlotte
beautiful acoustic take on one of their last truly great all-time songs from their last, as of now, all-time great last album-its-amazing, that this album is nearly 25 years old
i just saw them live in Houston Texas but they didn't sing this song... my favorite! it just means no matter what no matter how.. the cure will live thru us all.. day in day out!
😂😂😂 Nobody butchers lyrics the way Robert Smith does, I love this guy!!!🥰
I think the lyrics to the bridge were not finished yet, since this was performed before the album came out. The album lyrics are so much better and every line hits perfectly for the moment in the song. That it started out with these kind of nonsense lyrics makes me appreciate even more what a great lyricist he is.
Just pure brilliance
Good day, bad day, cold day...the day is lifted by the depths it touches.
💜my favourite version of this wonderful song
Mine too. Robert even said in an interview that he thinks this version is better than the original.
@@Missjunebugfreak he is right always😊
@@deak-takacszsuzsa271 Yep, Robert knows his stuff. Very wise man.
So nice that he’s singing live like the original. Beautiful voice despite seating 😊 such a beautiful voice ❤️
this one is awesome! Robert Smith...
The Best MTV Unplugged of all!!!
Classic ....timeless ...
The best formation of the Cure ever!
They should play this live more often. I haven't seen many videos of it live, at least not recorded ones
Love you POOKY🌺
I Love You Papa LoverFace!
This is my favorite version. It was the first time they played it live, about 17 months before it was released on the album, Wish.
The verse that starts at 2:34 is not used on the studio version and has never been used again. This verse is the one verse in the song that can put a tear in my eye.
"Take me away from here. Secretly we'll slip into all our promises. Away from it all under cover of the night again, and we'll watch the years fall ... "
@@anthonyrippa686 what's the lyric after, we will watch the years fall
This is beautiful, better than the album version
reminds me memories.. when the music was real and covers our lives with magical beauty
just, beautiful.
Caught the US Wish Tour in 1993. Best The Cure lineup ; Robert, Porl, Simon, Boris & Perry imao
This tune shatters my heart in bits! So beautiful 🧡
A versão acústica é lindíssima. Amo.
Never imagine i would be so relate to this song today
25 anos, mas tão bom quanto da primeira vez que eu ouvi...lindo! it's so sad, but so deep.
Ok, I'm not objective because I love Robert Smith and The Cure.
But here there are great composers and musicians.
I take off my hat.
I have a 12 year old daughter called Elise....I wonder where that name came from?????
"toy piano plays in the background!"
I love Roberto smith guitar style in this acoustic performance, he do such a nice work with the 12 string guitar
What a beautiful version of this incredible song !!! Thanks, José !
Amazing performance.
Some might say The Cure or The Smiths are sad and depresing bands... they are not wrong, but great music can be chilling, happy, sad or wathever... The real deal is that can push thousands of people emotions, as long as the music generate something is a little miracle that conection. Ive heard the cure since i was a kid and the thing is: its still moving for me.
Eu amo essa música. 🥺 Lembranças de um tempo bom.
Just ,just awesome ,love you Robert Smith, and the tiny piano perfectly complimented the song
Elise believe me, take me away from this. And secretly we'll slip into all our promises.
Sure.
Elise Marcelle
Not the impassioned response I hoped for, but I'll take it.
One of my favorites. Thank you Robert...
Think I like this even more than the album version the cure are great 🌞
Me too, without a doubt. There's just something so heavenly about the way this version sounds.
Best Version. Period.
So incredibly awesome!
Absolutely beautiful and amazing. Thank you for the magic of you.
Um amor por essa música! 😍
Boy, this takes me back in time. And what a time it was...
Ein Wunderschöner song oh elise
Incrivel!!! Deliro nessa melodia !!!
The Cure has a cure for me!
love the different lyrics at the last verse!!!! One of my favs!
this is so beautiful
If a song could describe my love life, should be this song :D Thanks to the cure.
Remebering an old memory.....priceless
One of the very best ones, i appreciate the reinterpretations of every song
Wonderful
Amazing
beauty and brilliant
Beautiful.
This is marvellous...
Heartbreakingly beautiful.