Reference to:
The Snake Pit
An autobiographical novel by Mary Jane Ward
1946, Random House
A novel based on the author's own experiences in asylums
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A short distinctive phrase
Deep in the Dark
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The Snake Pit is the source of the song of the same name. As ever, clues of the inspiration from the book can be found elsewhere. The descriptions of the author's madness in the novel read as an extended Cure song, perhaps a mix of 'Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me' and 'Give Me It'.
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Come int the deep hole. It was not like falling, First you were not there and then you were there, deep in the dark.
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A Forest
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Come closer and see
See into the trees
Find the girl
If you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your eyes
Just follow your eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Into the trees
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again
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Songwriters: Robert James Smith / Simon Gallup / Matthieu A. Hartley / Laurence Andrew Tolhurst
A Forest lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group