Lead singer Robert Smith is singing about regret, wishing he could go back and make things right, but it's too late. The specific person in the song is his friend Billy Mackenzie, singer of the Scottish New Wave band The Associates, who committed suicide in 1997. Smith explained: "He was with us for the 'Mint Car' video. We were having a drink at a table and were supposed to meet the week after to have a drink together. Then he left and Billy's family announced to me that he'd killed himself. Of course I had different feelings, as anyone would have when a friend commits suicide, anger, culpability, and obviously sadness. I'm happy this single means something to me, 'cos most of the time, singles are just made for radio."
The title is a play on words. "The Cure" is an anagram for "Cut Here." It also indicates that Robert Smith believed this could be The Cure's last song.(thanks, Dave - Springfield, MA)
This was released as a single from the band's 2001 Greatest Hits collection. The compilation was their last release for their longtime label Fiction Records.
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