Charlotte Sometimes

The Cure

About Charlotte Sometimes

"Charlotte Sometimes" is a song by English rock band the Cure, recorded at producer Mike Hedges' Playground Studios and released as a non-album single on 5 October 1981 by Polydor Records, following the band's third studio album Faith. The titles and lyrics to both sides were based on the book Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer. The single reached No. 44 in the UK Singles Chart.


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All the faces
All the voices blur
Change to one face
Change to one voice
Prepare yourself for bed
The light seems bright
And glares on white walls
All the sounds of 
Charlotte sometimes
Into the night with
Charlotte sometimes

Night after night she lay alone in bed
Her eyes so open to the dark
The streets all looked so strange
They seemed so far away
But Charlotte did not cry

The people seemed so close
Playing expressionless games
The people seemed so close
So many other names

Sometimes I'm dreaming
Where all the other people dance
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Charlotte sometimes
Sometimes I'm dreaming
Expressionless the trance
Sometimes I'm dreaming
So many different names
Sometimes I'm dreaming
The sounds all stay the same
Sometimes I'm dreaming
She hopes to open shadowed eyes
On a different world
Come to me scared princess
Charlotte sometimes

On that bleak track
(see the sun is gone again)
The tears were pouring down her face
She was crying and crying for a girl
Who died so many years before

Sometimes I dream
Where all the other people dance
Sometimes I dream
Charlotte sometimes
Sometimes I dream
The sounds all stay the same
Sometimes I'm dreaming
There are so many different names
Sometimes I dream
Sometimes I dream

Charlotte sometimes crying for herself
Charlotte sometimes dreams a wall around herself
But it's always with love
With so much love it looks like
Everything else
Of Charlotte sometimes
So far away
Glass sealed and pretty
Charlotte sometimes

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The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with its debut album Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre. more »

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Written by: LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST, ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP

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11 facts about this song

Release Details
"Charlotte Sometimes" is a song by British rock band The Cure, released as a non-album single on 5 October 1981.
Chart Performance
Despite its non-album status, the song managed to reach number 44 on the UK Singles Chart.
Song Origin
The song took its title and theme from a novel by British writer Penelope Farmer published in 1969.
Song Lyrics
According to Robert Smith, songwriter and frontman of The Cure, the lyrics are about a schizophrenic girl who has a dual personality.
Song Title
There is no character named Charlotte in the band's lineup or their personal connections, the song is purely inspired by Farmer's novel.
Music Video
"Charlotte Sometimes" was among the band's first videos of their career and it was shot in Holloway Sanatorium.
Album Presence
While the song doesn't appear on any of The Cure's proper studio albums, it can be found on several of their compilations including "Standing on a Beach" and "Staring at the Sea".
B-Sides
The single also includes two B-sides, "Splintered in Her Head" and a live version of "Faith."
Song Length
The song clocks in at just over four minutes, making it one of the band's more concise pieces from their early period.
Cult Status
Over the years, "Charlotte Sometimes" has gained a cult following among fans of The Cure, despite being less-known than some of their bigger hits.
Soundtrack Use
The song was featured in the soundtrack for the 2014 movie "Gone Girl."

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