"It doesn't matter if we all die."  I mean, come on. That's the Cure distilled to a single line.

Came here to see if someone had said this and I was not disappointed. It might be my favourite opening line ever.

Perfection.

i mean it’s obvious isn’t it?

Not just a really good opening line for a song, but also sets the tone for one of the greatest records ever made.

Ambition in tbe back of a black car.

I remember hearing that one line when a live performance of the song came on randomly on TV when I was in high school. That one line was all it took for me to be like, “yup, I like this” lol

No contest.

Favorite song!

Gives me shivers every time. Arguably one of the best opening lines to an album of all time.

Not just the best opening line in a Cure *song*, but quite possibly the best opening line to any *record* ever.

This is the only answer

My head immediately popped out this line when I saw the title.

Thank you.

That was my choice.

I miss the kiss of treachery, the shameless kiss of vanity

And from that line, the lyrics, the music, the desperation only gets better and more intense. I never said I would stay to the end ❤️

Yes this truly is THE BEST.

yup, this one is it

My favorite cure song

Gut wrenching as it continues, their best

I really don't know what I'm doing here, I really think I should've gone to bed tonight.

Honestly, this. This is my vibe all day everyday.

Mine too!!!

“I think it’s dark and it looks like rain” you said

"I think it's dark and it looks like rain" you said. 😃 doubling down!!

"I think it's dark and it looks like rain" you said.

Cried just by reading this

My personal favorite!

My favorite song of all time.

You want to know why I hate you? Well I'll try and explain…

Remember that day in Paris

When we wandered through the rain.

Wow, harsh. OP was just asking a simple question.

ROTLF :D

This is a favorite of mine. I really learned something when I was pretty young making sense of the lyrics. Maybe the only ‘story’ type song they did.

[That’s because it’s based on a piece by Baudelaire.](https://twostorymelody.com/literary-brilliance-cures-beautiful/)

Wow! Thank you

Right? How cool is that?!?? It makes me love him even more. 🖤🖤🖤

TIL. Allllll these years, I thought this was about Mary and kinda judged her for being vapid and Heather-like. My mistake, nice lady.

Same! I can't take credit for discovering this (I wish I could remember where I found it), but the SIDE EYE I was giving Mary for literal YEARS...

"Strange Attraction" also a story song though not a very good story.

Yesterday I got so old, I felt like I could die

I don’t know that it’s the best, but I’ve always liked “On candy stripe legs the spiderman comes, softly through the shadow of the evening sun.”

You're just a waste of time you're just a babbling face you're just three sick holes that run like sores you're a fucking waste

I think I've reached that point Where giving up and going on Are both the same dead end to me Are both the same old song

It’s beautiful

Not their best opening line, but No. 2 after Pornography.

Wake up in the dark The aftertaste of anger In the back of my mouth

Thank you for this. Until today I thought it was “I can taste the wrangle in the back of my mouth.”

“Hopelessly adrift in the eyes of the ghost again.”

Kiss me goodbye

Say goodbye, on a night like this, if it’s the last thing we ever do.

My favorite🖤

“I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you that I almost believe that they’re real” (It may not be their best one, but it is one of my favorite opening lines ever)

His voice there is the best ever. He sings it so beautifully

It moves me so much every time I listen to that song, truly beautiful and heartbreaking

Totally agree!

"Yesterday I got so old, it felt like I could die."

I’m running out of time. I’m out of step and closing down. ⌛️

“i’m so glad you came, I’m so glad you remembered, to see how we’re ending our Last Dance together. Expectant too punctual but prettier than ever. I really believed that this is forever”

But Christmas falls late now, flatter and colder And never as bright as when we used to fall And even if we drink I don't think we would kiss In the way that we did when the woman was only a girl

That particular section kills me dead

I love the opening of “End” especially live I think I've reached that point Where giving up and going on Are both the same dead end to me

"Sharp and open, leave me alone And sleeping less every night" "Kiss me kiss me kiss me Your tongue is like poison So swollen it fills up my mouth"

It doesn't matter if we all die Not even a debate.

Let me take your hand I’m shaking like milk

I think it’s dark and it feels like rain you said.

It’s not technically an opening lyric but it’s one of my favorites: From the song OPEN - “And the way the rain comes down hard………..That's the way I feel inside”

Everytime we do this I fall for her. Wave after wave after wave, it’s all for her.

A hand in my mouth A life spills into the flowers We all look so perfect As we all fall down

"Give me your eyes that I might see The blind man kissing my hands..." To me, it sets such a perfect tone for the strange, dreamy lyrics that follow that the very first time I heard it it gave me pause.

It’s a perfect day for letting go

Scrolled too far for this one!

“When we look back at it all, as I know we will. You and me wide eyed. I wonder if we will really remember..” Imho the line that sums up the cure’s vibe and mindset the easiest

Magnificent

"I know who you remind me of, а girl I think I used to know" Idk if it's the best or the most legendary, but it's the one that sticks with me the most

Beautiful and quirky pop song❤️

“There is no-one left in the World that I can hold on to”

Come closer and see. See into the trees.

This one's cool since it's, like, 5 minutes after the song starts.

I’ve waited hours for this. I’ve made myself so sick I wish I’d stayed asleep today.

"Give me your eyes that I might see." Strange Day - Pornography

Fabulous track

Absolutely

I’d love to touch the sky tonight

Although basic , to me it’s introspective “I really don’t know what I’m doing here “

Wake up in the dark The after-taste of anger in the back of my mouth

For how much longer can I howl into this wind?

Standing on the beach with a gun in my hand, staring at the sea staring at the sand.

*"It's a perfect day for letting go"* *"It doesn't matter if we all die"* *"I've waited hours for this"*

I really don’t know what I’m doing here. I really think I should have gone to bed tonight.

Any song that begins with that howl

Haha yes!

So the fire is almost out and there's nothing left to burn

Every time we do this I fall for her Wave after wave after wave It's all for her

You want to know why I hate you? Well I'll try and explain

Are we talking opening line from any song? Or opening line of an opening song from a proper album? I assumed the second and would have to be “It doesn’t matter if we all die.” But a close second for me is “Wake up in the dark, the aftertaste of anger in the back of my mouth.”

Go! If you want to. I'd never try to stop you.

Kiss me kiss me kiss me your tongue’s like poison so swollen it fills up my mouth

Un-der-rated!

yeah i remember the first time i heard it. wow.

“it’s the perfect day for letting go!!!” ugh w/o fail will always lift my mood.

god i cried like a baby hearing this live last year, i’m so glad and still so elated that i could even get to experience that.

Give your eyes that I might see the blind man kissing my hands

“Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick. The one that makes me scream”, she said. “The one that makes me laugh”, she said, & threw her arms around my neck. “Show me how you do it, & I promise you, I promise that I’ll run away with you. I’ll run away with you.” The opening lines of the greatest love song of all time.

You want to know why I hate you,

"It's a perfect day to letting go..."

“She walked out of her house And looked around At all the gardens that looked Back at her house (Like all the faces That quiz when you smile)”

Yeah, I've been watching me fall For it seems like years.

If you've got something left to say You'd better say it now Anything but "stay" Just say it now We know we've reached the end We just don't know how "well at least we'll still be friends" Yeah one last useless vow

Catch me if I fall I’m losing hold

On candystripe legs, the spiderman comes

Cheers!

Kiss me kiss me kiss me! Your tongue is like poison So swollen it fills up my mouth

“I think it’s dark and it looks like rain” you said.

“I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you, that I almost believe that they’re real”

A nightmare of you of death in the pool wakes me up at quarter to three

Gonna sound basic but “I would say I’m sorry if I thought that it would change your mind”

"I really don't know what I'm doing here I really think I should've gone to bed tonight but"

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Yes! So What never gets enough credit for being the both hilarious and a total banger!

"Don't look don't look" the shadows breathe Whispering me away from you "Don't wake at night to watch her sleep You know that you will always lose

“I’ve waited hours for this, I’ve made myself so sick… I wish I’d stayed asleep today.”

“everytime we do this i fall for her wave after wave after wave it’s all for her”

I really don't know what I'm doing here I really think I should've gone to bed tonight

This is not fair because there’s too many good opening lyrics

It’s a perfect day to let it go…

She stands twelve feet above the flood She stares Alone Across the water The loneliness grows and slowly Fills her frozen body Sliding downwards I don't know if other people love this song as much as I do, but for me it's one of their greatest ever.

“Give me your eyes that I might see The blind man kissing my hands The sun is humming, my head turns to dust As he plays on his knees”

Hi

Go, go, go, go.....push him away!

The innocence sleeping children

Well, I really like the cure and for me the first line of Disintegration is just perfect. However I would like to make an honorable mention to the second line of the Brazilian song: "Clube da esquina nº 2", which converted to english is: "Because they are called men, they are also called dreams and dreams never become old"

For how much longer can I howl into this rain? For how much longer can I cry like this?

The Cure - “M” - “Hello, Image. Sing me a line from your favorite song “

Midnight in the subway, she’s on her way home

Say goodbye on a night like this if it’s the last thing we’ll ever do.

I am slowing down. As the years go by, I am sinking

"It's a perfect day for letting go For setting fire to bridges Boats and other dreary worlds you know And let's get happy"

This one should be in the discussion, at a minimum... Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in the market down in New Orleans Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright Hear him whip the women just around midnight  how come you taste so good? Uh huh Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, uh huh, oh (Woo)

It doesn’t matter if we walk die

Time slips away... and the light begins to fade. or Hello image. Sing me a line from your favourite song.

Catch me if I fall I’m losing hold…

Tie between “The innocence of sleeping children / Dressed in white and slowly dreaming / Stops all time” and “Wake up in the dark / The aftertaste of anger in the back of my mouth / Spit it on the wall / And cough some more / And scrape my skin with razor blades”

Hopelessly adrift in the eyes of the ghost again/ Down on my knees and my hands in the air again