Cure, The - The Holy Hour Lyrics






I kneel and wait in silence
As one by one the people slip away
Into the night
The quiet and empty bodies
Kiss the ground before they pray
Kiss the ground
And slip away

I sit and listen dreamlessly
A promise of salvation makes me stay
Then look at your face
And feel my heart pushed in
As all around the children play
The games they tired of yesterday
They play
They play

I stand and hear my voice
Cry out
A wordless scream at ancient power
It breaks against stone
I softly leave you crying
I cannot hold what you devour
The sacrifice of penance
In the holy hour





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  1. c.... o....

    the dream

  2. L.... U....

    Damn, Robert Smith is such a great lyricist.

  3. t.... t....

    (One ... two)... passive. 3 ( take off)? ...

  4. G.... ....

    The sky is blue, but the sun is black.

  5. R.... ....

    I kneel and wait in silence
    As one by one the people slip away
    Into the night
    The quiet and empty bodies
    Kiss the ground before they pray
    Kiss the ground
    And slip away

    I sit and listen dreamlessly
    A promise of salvation makes me stay
    Then look at your face
    And feel my heart pushed in
    As all around the children play
    The games they tired of yesterday
    They play
    They play

    I stand and hear my voice
    Cry out
    A wordless scream at ancient power
    It breaks against stone
    I softly leave you crying
    I cannot hold what you devour
    The sacrifice of penance
    In the holy hour

  6. J.... P....

    El del Medio de la trilogía, es otra Obra redonda,y depresiva,donde el pesado bajo toma el protagonismo y la voz de Smith,suena como en un liturgia del más allá, remata la oscura faena un temazo como es Faith, para culminar en otro disco esencial en la bendita e infernal trilogía de los Cure 8/10

  7. L.... C....

    Simple Chords ,the deepest emotion.

  8. r.... w....

    2019 and still listening to this! timeless classic

  9. S.... H....

    my go to album when I feel like life is trying to snuff me out, like today.

  10. D.... H....

    bass effect used here?

    D.... H....

    chorus I guess!

  11. M.... W....

    Favs by cure off faith, holy hour, other voices.

  12. Y.... A....

    their best one

  13. D.... S....

    This is still the pre lim backing track to so many modern concerts,
    and the backing track to my nocturnal life. If I put this " Faith " album on, or Miles Davis " In a Silent Way ", I will fall asleep with subliminal calm, almost immediately. The early Cure has this lovely drone rhythm section.

  14. F.... B....

    Robert Smith is greatest writer of song

  15. J.... V....

    I wonder if this is the song that John Frusciante said inspired the way that Californication sounds

    J.... V....

    It was Carnage Visors that inspired him. Which is very cool since that soundtrack isn't very well known outside of hardcore Cure fans.

    J.... V....

    @The Count no, it was Seventeen Seconds

    J.... V....

    @Oswaldo Sánchez No, it's not. He specifically says an instrumental that's 25 minutes long that they did around their 3rd album. https://youtu.be/WsyZh4WaVrE

  16. J.... P....

    I LOVE the Cure in this time, until pornography,after I don.t care, their better perhaps,for me!!

  17. C.... H....

    Best album ever made....

  18. n.... l....

    MAXIMA EXPRESION DEL BAJO DE SIMON GALLUP!!!!!!!!

  19. j.... i....

    I had always faith for these wonderfull incredible band group from 50 years ago, and today what I listening, among many others...The Cure !

  20. J.... P....

    Faith es con toda seguridad el album de Cure, más Joy división,es la antesala de pornography,la culminación de la trilogía siniestra de the cure, que comienza en seventeen seconds, tiempos del Punk, una forma de vida ,una filosofía,nihilismo,un credo,y una fe,todo en uno bajo los efectos de una droga, hoy no se entendería la grandeza de the Cure,sin estos tres imprescindibles discos
    Cielo e infierno, El mal y el bien, las cuestiones de siempre!! Solo queda la Música elevándose sobre conceptos .

  21. B.... C....

    Qui écoute ça en 2019?(mes un Mike si tu vois sa )

  22. r.... ....

    Deadly Class CARAIIIIIIII

  23. L.... I....

    The Cure is a way of life!!!

    L.... I....

    there's a reason my entire dorm room is decorated with cure lyrics. . .

  24. F.... R....

    I find alot of consolation in The Cure's old albums, notable this one, Seventeen Seconds and Pornography.

    F.... R....

    I agree...takes me back to simpler times.

    F.... R....

    same, this, seventeen seconds, pornography, and disintegration are my absolute favorites

  25. J.... S....

    Unlike New Order, The Cure gradually moved from one sound to another. None of that chronic crap like "Confusion" disco-tronic shite. The Cure respected their fans on many levels.

    J.... S....

    disagree. both bands have several sounds to them, it's why NO move from rock tracks to dance tracks, it's not all the same, and the cure have songs like The Walk or Wrong Number.

  26. l.... F....

    bad ass song...so i'm so happy i got to see the lyrics...ingenious..great song!!

  27. M.... F....

    I started to learn bass guitar because of this song!

    M.... F....

    Right on! I picked up bass because of The Cure as well!

  28. r.... b....

    🇨🇱

  29. j.... r....

    great album, still the most played Cure album in our house - uplifting!

  30. T.... Y....

    The conspiracy theory in me thinks it's about him witnessing a satanic ritual. Infact I'm pretty sure

  31. J.... P....

    The holy spirit of the Lord, it was in my soul, now I listen voices around my head, but in a deep deep sea, without faith, alone and sick!!!

  32. I.... C....

    00:00 The Holy Hour

  33. N.... ....

    Growing up in the 80's brought me here.

  34. S.... B....

    Deadly class brought me here. And I'm so greatful for that.

  35. J.... P....

    Dejar ya por favor de etiquetar a the cure como un grupo Gótico, Robert Smith ha manifestado en varias entrevistas que no Le gusta esta definición que hace la crítica musical de su banda, ellos son una banda after punk, pop rock y punto, no busquéis 3 pies al gato,

    J.... P....

    Aunque sé que es cierto lo que dices The Cure si tiene bastante de gótico Ami parecer en los primeros álbumes claro aunque quizá Roberth lo hizo sin darse cuenta las letras obscuras y melodías profundas hicieron que se catalogará de gótico

  36. a.... u....

    #deadlyclass

  37. E.... H....

    Deadly Class??

    E.... H....

    Eddie Echevarria a new series with a really cool soundtrack

  38. e.... t....

    Who came here from deadly class

  39. A.... C....

    https://youtu.be/G-gzGzJCJJI

  40. B.... S....

    #DeadlyClass (s1e1) This is going to be a brilliant series I can't wait for the next episode 😉😉

    B.... S....

    im on episode 1..

    B.... S....

    It was a good first season.. to bad they cancelled it 😭

  41. R.... O....

    Deadly Class brought me here

    R.... O....

    loved that show the moment they played this song...and a few others. The pilot episode had a great soundtrack I wouldn't normally hear on TV or in movies.

    R.... O....

    See the vid-song 'Tabou' by The Jokers, from early 1960's. It's amazing, truly, in a sort of lineage with 1981/82 Cure.

    R.... O....

    Music should bring you here not a show pathetic sheep

  42. S.... A....

    Deadly Class!

  43. G.... G....

    Tout l'album est génial !!😄

  44. S.... P....

    Try the breeders canoonball

  45. C.... J....

    this album is hypnotic. This is the cure at their absolute bleakest and IMO their absolute best.

  46. s.... S....

    🎸🥁🎸🥁🎹🎙Mon époque et déjà 2018 et toujours fan malgré les cheveux blancs merci The Cure.🥁🎹🎙🎸👍

  47. D.... E....

    I hear my voice 😢 out. Simon 🔊 is out of this 🌎. We don't deserve this.

  48. W.... ....

    Why is this so iconic?

  49. S.... B....

    Hypnotic. Moody. Genius.

  50. M.... W....

    Just a cool song.

  51. T.... ....

    Anyone else realize there is no chorus?

    T.... ....

    a chorus would ruin it

  52. E.... S....

    La bola de cristal, creo que la usaron en homenaje a Boris Karloff

  53. c.... ....

    Flangers are cool

  54. p.... d....

    WOW!!! DEEP SONG

  55. V.... L....

    love the guitar riff <3

  56. Z.... S....

    I learned bass on this song!

  57. a.... r....

    very emotional...

  58. Z.... ....

    Imagine, it"s summer 1981 and you r 18 years old, serving in the army, far away from home and your beloved one's.Lonely.
    The cure helped me survived in those days. And they still do so.Turns out to be the best summer ever.

    Z.... ....

    Imagine this song in a dark underground disco in Milan where many blackdressed kids dance slowly....this is my dark age 1983/1984/1985

    Z.... ....

    You r still here.

    Z.... ....

    Just next to the Malvinas/Falklands war of 1982. I saved myself from this carnage by chance.

    Z.... ....

    Deathly class??

  59. G.... D....

    What is the meaning of lyrics?

    G.... D....

    Death of Ian Curtis.

    G.... D....

    Robert's struggle with Catholicism.

    G.... D....

    It is exactly what you make of it. It is up to YOU! You have it within you (or not).

  60. W.... A....

    Essa música é bacana demaisssss..

  61. l.... ....

    Interesting, but I have also found two other versions of this song. The first is "The Holy Hour (Live dedicated to Ian Curtis 1980), and "Live John Peel Sessions 1981). Both different, but the lyrics inspired/taken from Mervin Peake's novel "Cormenghast". Robert Smith is inpired by litterature, and includes it in his lyrics. His voice and The Cures's overall sound, make them a unique band, and also an important band from the Post-Punk era.

  62. S.... J....

    Lost forever in a happy crowd

  63. D.... T....

    definitive classic , timeless goth.
    pure genius.

  64. m.... ....

    Bootiful!!!!!!

  65. R.... E....

    Such a pretty and soulful melody

  66. g.... v....

    such a memory, Faith tour in France oct 81, I was there they play the full album,and favorites from the previous ones! and charlotte sometimes they had just released, Rob was really good looking, creepers, perfecto, he was the face!

  67. K.... V....

    This song creates the absolute gothic atmosphere

  68. S.... ....

    80's cure is so epic

  69. G.... D....

    SO EPIC...absolutely timeless!!!!

  70. F.... M....

    I was wondering, what the hell is on the cover? it looked like alien to me, but no, it's Bolton Abbey http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lEVW2kUYdLs/TC2PQzTG8LI/AAAAAAAABoQ/FxbMLXJCZ88/s1600/Bolton+Abbey+ruins.JPG

  71. G.... D....

    Song for Ian C.

    G.... D....

    was it really? That would be cool

  72. m.... ....

    Horrible bit rate. The other post of it on youtube sounds much better.

    m.... ....

    Yeeeeah, it's a downloaded mp3. I meant to upload my CD but never got around to it.

  73. N.... ....

    I always use this track to test the BASS on new speakers.

    N.... ....

    +NudistPoet ha! good idea.

    N.... ....

    try blue monday NO

    N.... ....

    if you have to test your speakers so often, buy a few good ones.One test is enough.

  74. A.... S....

    ...how one simple song, only based on two chords, can create an oppressing and sublime darkly atmosphere, almost sacral as no other goth-dark group can do today.
    Masterpiece!

    A.... S....

    @Issy B i hope their new album will be more stuff like this. i'm not a pop fan. the cure made better pop than most, but still, nope

    A.... S....

    @rosie muffins I didn't know they were making a new album, that's really exciting :)

    A.... S....

    @Issy B i just found about it last week, and they hope to release by the end of 2019.

    A.... S....

    @rosie muffins Oh wow that's great!!!!

    A.... S....

    But can one exist without the other ? Now. What about a third cord lol

  75. M.... E....

    I kneel and wait in silence
    As one by one the people slip away
    Into the night, the quiet and empty bodies
    Kiss the ground before they pray
    Kiss the ground and slip away
    I sit and listen dreamlessly
    A promise of salvation makes me stay
    Then look at your face and feel my heart pushed in
    As all around the children play
    The games they tired of yesterday, they play
    I stand and hear my voice cry out
    A wordless scream at ancient power
    It breaks against stone, I softly leave you crying
    I cannot hold what you devour
    The sacrifice of penance in the holy hour

    M.... E....

    Manny Enviado in the 80s we didn’t know the lyrics we just listened

  76. b.... ....

    SOOOO THE SHIT!! <3

  77. b.... ....

    interesting song - is this a p-bass or did my ears fool me ? :D

  78. L.... V....

    shape perfect of sweet  sound..................................................

  79. n.... ....

    I still have this cassette.

    n.... ....

    So Do I

  80. J.... ....

    the best song on Faith

    J.... ....

    CURE FOR EVER..!!!!!!! AND EVER.!!

    J.... ....

    I agree

    J.... ....

    my dorm room is decorated with doodles and cure lyrics, i love the lines in this one