SEVENTEEN SECONDS
A Reflection - This was to set a contemplative mood for the whole record.
Play For Today - The fraudulent aspects of an insincere relationship.
Secrets – Hopelessly wishing to have the courage to seize missed opportunities.
In Your House – Feeling uncomfortable in someone else's presence but still always returning...
Three – The eternal triangle.
The Final Sound – Mathieu's elegy.
A Forest – A childhood dream (nightmare) that came true with adolescence.
M – About a girl...
At Night – Inspired by the Kafka short story of the same name – the precursor to "Faith".
Seventeen Seconds – An arbitrary measure of time – one that seemed to be suddenly everywhere once the song was written...
Inspirations from Robert Smith were published in Cure News fanzine n° 6 in January 1989.