The Cure and the Maccabees Reading and Leeds Festival

This programme contains strong language and scenes of repetitive

flashing images. Hello and welcome back to Reading Festival 2012. Our

first spectacular day of music for you. In a moment, we will pick

straight back up where we left off earlier with the amazing The Cure

set. -- are you OK? I'm good. I've had a chat with Lucy Rose for an

hour. I saw the The Maccabees. We will see some of that later. After

the Cure. I nearly missed this bit because I got carried away. Well,

thanks! It's so far away. I thought I'll make it back, it will be fine.

You have a slight sweat on actually. You'll see that later. Joe says,

"Thank you for televising the Cure tonight. Best band for now and

forever." Joe you're geeing going to see more of that in a moment.

Keep your tweets coming in. Back to the Main Stage then. There's lots

of strobing and flashy lights and # For setting fire to bridges

# It's a perfect day for making out # To burst grin giggle bliss skip

# "For doing this now # Well it just goes to show

# That it's never too late # It's a perfect day

# For rip-zipping button-popping kiss and well

# There's loads of other stuff can make you yell

# Let's get happy!

# It's a perfect day for doing the unstuck

# For dancing like you can't hear the beat

# And you don't give a further thought

# To things like feet

# Let's get happy!

# That it's never too late To get up and go

# Kick out the gloom Kick out the blues

# Tear out the pages with all the bad news

# Pull down the mirrors and pull down the walls

# Tear up the stairs and tear up the floors

# Oh just burn down the house! Burn down the street!

# Turn everything red and the beat is complete

# With the sound of your world Going up in the fire

# It's a perfect day to throw back your head

# And kiss it all goodbye!

# It's a perfect day for getting wild

# Forgetting all your worries Life

# And everything that makes you cry Let's get happy!

# It's a perfect day for dreams come true

# For thinking big And doing anything you want to do

# Let's get happy!

# That it's never too late To get up and go

# Kick out the gloom Kick out the blues

# Tear out the pages with all the bad news

# Pull down the mirrors and pull down the walls

# Tear up the stairs and tear up the floors

# Oh just burn down the house! Burn down the street!

# Turn everything red and the beat is complete

# With the sound of your world Going up in the fire

# It's a perfect day to throw back your head

# And kiss it all goodbye!

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# There is

# There is no-one

# There is no-one left

# There is no-one left in the world that I can hold on to

# There is really no-one left at # There is only you

# If you leave me now # You leave all that we were undone

# There is really no-one left # You are the only one

# And still the hardest part for # To put your trust in me

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# I love you more than I can say # And still the hardest part for

# To put your trust in me # I love you more than I can say

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# Why won't you just believe? # # Wave after wave after wave

# "As long as I know that you know that today I belong right here with you"

# Right here with you

# And so we watch the sun come up From the edge of the deep green sea

# And she listens like her head's onfire like she wants to believe in me

# So I try "Put your hands in the sky

# "Surrender Remember

# "We'll be here forever And we'll never say goodbye"

# I've never been so Colourfully-see-through-head before

# I've never been so Wonderfully-me-you-want-some-more

# And all I want is to keep it like this

# You and me alone A secret kiss

# And don't go home Don't go away

# Don't let this end

# Please stay...

# Not just for today...

# "Never never never never never let me go," she says

# "Hold me like this for a hundred thousand million days"

# But suddenly she slows And looks down at my breaking face

# "Why do you cry? What did I say?"

# "But it's just rain," I smile Brushing my tears away

# I wish I could just stop

# I know another moment will break my heart

# Too many tears Too many times

# Too many years I've cried over you

# How much more can we use it up? Drink it dry?

# Take this drug? Looking for something forever gone

# But something we will always want

# "I feel you pulling back I feel you changing shape"

# And just as I'm breaking free She hangs herself in front of me

# Slips her dress like a flag to the floor

# And hands in the sky Surrenders it all

# I wish I could just stop

# I know another moment will break my heart

# Too many tears Too many times

# Too many years I've cried for you

# It's always the same Wake up in the rain

# Head in pain Hung in shame

# A different name Same old game

# Love in vain

# And miles and miles and miles and miles and miles

# Away from home again. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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# That would make it faster

# Why do you do it do you do it do you act like you?

# Why do you do it do you act like you?

# Don't fight Go red and blue and black and white

# And sell this sell this

# Or leave it senseless like a suck on a gun?

# "Put a piece of metal in your head," you said

# "Make you dead Make you hippa hi ppa hippa hippa"

# A palace of stones Of your bananafish bones

# I'd buy you a hundred years old To celebrate our difference

# Theorise and talk yourself Until you're tired and old

# Disappear everywhere and watch me Pull my lips apart

# Exploit! Inspire! Encourage! Be responsible for this

# Ha ha!

# I don't think I don't think

# I make use of all this time Oh kill me kiss me once

# And then we'll throw it away

# And then we'll throw it away

# Curl into a ball like you have more fun

# That would make it faster

# Why do you do it do you do it do you act like you?

# Why do you do it do you act like you?

# Don't fight Go red and blue and black and white

# And sell this sell this

# Or leave it senseless like a suck on a gun?

# "Put a piece of metal in your head," you said

# "Make you dead Make you hippa hippa hippa hippa"

# I don't think I don't think

# I make use of all this time Oh kill me kiss me once

# And then we'll throw it away

# And then we'll throw it away

# Tell me about the games you play

# Oh turn off the lights

# And tell me about the games you play. #

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# It's just the way I feel that matters

# Tell me I'm wrong I don't really care

# It's not a case of share and share alike

# I take what I require I don't understand

# You say it's not fair

# You expect me to act Like a lover

# Consider my moves And deserve the reward

# To hold you in my arms And wait...

# For something to happen

# It's not a case of telling the truth

# Some lines just fit the situation

# You call me a liar You would anyway

# It's not a case of aiming to please

# You know you're always crying

# It's just your part In the play for today. #

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# Come closer and see See into the trees

# Find the girl While you can

# Come closer and see See into the dark

# Just follow your eyes

# Just follow your eyes

# 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. #

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# And slowly dreaming Stops all time

# I slow my steps and start to blur So many years have filled my heart

# I never thought I'd say those words

# The further we go And older we grow

# The more we know The less we show

# The very first time I saw your face

# The very first time I saw your face

# I thought of a song And quickly changed the tune

# The very first time I touched your skin

# I thought of a story And rushed to reach the end

# Too soon

# Oh remember

# Please

# Don't change

# Don't change

# And so the fall came Thirteen years

# A shiny ring And how I could forget your name

# The air no longer in my throat Another perfect lie is choked

# But it always feels the same

# So they close together Dressed in red and yellow

# Innocent forever

# Sleeping children in their blue soft rooms

# Still dream. #

# The further we go And older we grow

# The more we know The less we show

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# Everything I want it all

# I just can't stop Planning all my days away

# But never finding ways to stay Or ever feel enough today

# Tomorrow must be more

# Drink more dreams more bed more drugs

# More lust more lies more head more love

# More fear more fun more pain more flesh

# More stars more smiles more fame more sex

# But however hard I want I know deep down inside

# I'll never really get more hope

# Or any more time

# Any more time

# I want the sky to fall in I want lightning and thunder

# I want blood instead of rain I want the world to make me wonder

# I want to walk on water Take a trip to the moon

# Give me all this and give me it soon

# More drink more dreams more drugs More lust more lies more love

# But however hard I want I know deep down inside

# I'll never really get more hope

# Or any more time

# Any more time

# Any more time

# Any more time

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# Looks like we get them in the end

# Measure time in leisure time and greed

# And by the time we get to spend

# A floating bed A head of stone

# A home plugged into every phone

# Kimono coral floral print Exclusive tint and cut reclusive

# No it doesn't come for free

# But it's the price We pay for happiness

# No don't talk about more to life than this

# Dream a world maybe no-one owns

# No don't think about all the life we miss

# Swallow doubt as the hunger grows Make believe it's like no-one knows

# Even if we turn more to mostWe'll never satisfy the hungry ghost

# All the stuff we know we never want

# Seems like we get it anyway Safe to say it isn't really wrong

# Not when we know we only

# Throw it all away

# Throw it all away

# Yeah all of this we never know we want

# It's like we get it anyway

# Safe to say it isn't ever wrong Better to get than to delay

# A 3d screen A cleaner fit

# A bit pulled out of every hit Addicted latest greatest piece

# Design caprice and make the headline

# No it doesn't come for free

# But it's the price We pay for happiness

# No don't talk about more to life than this

# Dream a world maybe no-one owns

# No don't think about all the life we miss

# Swallow doubt as the hunger grows Make believe it's like no-one knows

# Even if we turn more to mostWe'll never satisfy the hungry ghost

# And all of this We know we never need

# Well it's the price We pay for happiness. #

# Well it's the price We pay for happiness. #

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# Lime green, lime green and tangerine

# The sickly sweet colours of the snakes I'm seeing

# Lime green and tangerine

# The sickly sweet colours of the devil in my dreams

# Lime green, lime green and tangerine

# The sickly sweet colours of the snakes I'm seeing

Lime green and tangerine

# The sickly sweet colours of the devil in my dreams

# It gets to Friday I give you a call

# You know I'm getting kind of worried

# She doesn't seem herself at all

# Lime green and a sickly kind of orange

# I've never seen her like this before

# I had the best laid plans this side of America

# Started out in church and finished with Angelica

# Red and blue soul with a snow-white smile

# Can you dig it?

# I had the best-laid plans this side of America

# Started out in church and finished with Angelica

# And now I dig it in the dirt and I'm down here for a while

# You've got to make up your mind and make it soon

# Is there room in your life for one more trip to the moon?

# Is there room in your life for one more?

# Burn red, red and gold The deep dark colours of the snakes I hold

# Burn red, burn red, burn red and gold

# The deep dark colours of the devil at home

# It gets to Friday I give you a call

# You know I'm getting kind of worried

# She doesn't seem herself at all

# Lime green and a sickly kind of orange

# I've never seen her like this before

# I had the best laid plans this side of America

# Started out in church and finished with Angelica

# Red and blue soul with a snow-white smile

# Can you dig it?

# I had the best-laid plans this side of America

# Started out in church and finished with Angelica

# And now I dig it in the dirt and I'm down here for a while

# Hello! Hello!

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# It doesn't matter if we all die Ambition in the back of a black car

# In a high building there is so much to do

# Going home time A story on the radio

# Something small falls out of your mouth

# And we laugh

# A prayer for something better

# A prayer For something better

# Please love me Meet my mother

# Creeping up the stairs in the dark Waiting for the death blow

#

# Waiting

# Waiting for

# Waiting for the death blow # Stroking your hair

# Fighting for freedom #. # Stroking your hair as the

patriots are shot # Fighting for freedom on

television #. # Sharing the world with

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slaughtered pigs # Caressing an old man

# The soldiers close in under a yellow moon

# All the shadows and deliverance Under a black flag

# A hundred years of blood

# Crimson A ribbon tightens round my throat

# I open my mouth And my head bursts open

# A sound like a tiger thrashing in the water

# Thrashing in the water

# Over and over We die one after the other

# Over and over We die one after the other

# One after the other

# One after the other

# It feels like a hundred years

# One hundred years. #

# One hundred years. #

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# 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

# I think I've reached that point Where every wish has come true

# And tired disguised oblivion Is everything I do

# Please stop loving me

# Please stop loving me

# I am none of these things

# I am none of these things

#

# I

# I am

# I think I've reached that point # Where every word that you write

# Things you have to say # Something more from me

# Stop loving me # I am none of these things

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# Of every blood dark sea # And every dream you dream me in

# And burning eyes And hearts on fire

# Are just the same old song

# Please stop loving me

# Please stop loving me

# I am none of these things

# I am none of these things

# I am none of these things

# Please stop loving me

# Please stop loving me

# I am none of these things

# Please stop loving me

# Please stop loving me

# I am none of these things

# I am none of these things

# I am none of these things. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

33 years on,

33 years on, still

33 years on, still standing

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# If I thought that Thank you very much. Good night.

Thank you! Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

See you again! Brilliant. See you again in 33 more

years, that was incredible, from the Main Stage tonight The Cure and

I am joined by Jen Long. Fern's gone to bed, a bit pregnant so she

had to go to bed. Her wages will be docked. Don't worry. What have you

enjoyed today? It's been amazing, stuff on the introducing stage.

Paramore and the Maccabees tonight. I enjoyed your video earlier and

you were stage diving, making a flag. So enjoyable. You got some

paint on that Guy's tent. It's still on my shoes. It's been a good

first day. The Maccabees as well, I managed to sneak over and see them,

what were your thoughts on them? good, it's one of them bands

everyone's seen from small indie group, starting out on the circuit

to headlining the NME Stage. almost missed the link back in the

treehouse, let's watch them from earlier, with flashing lights and

strobing. Let's start off with # First love

# First love Last love

# Only love It's only love

# Do you miss home? Do you miss home?

# And are you cool? Symmetrical?

# Let's get married And tick the boxes

# And so she says

# Oh let's get married And tick the boxes

# Do you want to be alone? Do you want to be alone?

# And are you cool?

# Symmetrical Hypocritical

# Analytical So critical

# Nothing's perfect And I'm hoping I'll do

# But I will not do Cos nothing's perfect

# So I'll have to make do

# And it's my mistake And no mistake

# And I would take it back if I could

# So stay with me tonight I'll make my bed

# I'll lie in it And pillow talk you into it

# I'll make my bed I'll lie in it

# Entice you with this leopard print- and matching velvet duvet

# First love Last love

# Only love It's only love

# First love Last love

# Only love It's only love

# Only love, only love It's only love. #

# Pound for pound and cheek to cheek- Cheek paler than a lamp light

# Take me down to light the box And play Super Scalextric

# And turn this Darkness

# Into light And I'll turn too bright

# Forget all the hype

# I'll need heart and I'll need courage

# We all need...

# Toe to toe, there's nowhere to go So I'm tiptoeing around it

# I held you down and I held my own And now I feel like I'm floating

# So turn to this Head on

# And keep on Keeping on

# I'll need heart and you'll need courage

# We all need time

# So let's make time work for us

# Let's make time work for us

# Let's make time work for us

# Let's take our precious time about it

# Let's take our precious time about it

# Let's take our precious time about it

# Let 's take our precious time about it

# Don't you know well God only knows

# Is there somebody waiting?

# So you'll hold yourself up and you'll hold yourself in

# And then pray that you are growing

# And turn to this Darkness

# You turn it into light and I'll turn too bright

# Forget all the hype

# You'll need heart and I'll need courage

# We all need time

# So let's make time work for us

# Let's make time work for us

# Let's make time work for us

# Let's make time work for us

# Let's take our precious time about it

# Let's take our precious time about it

# Let's take our precious time about it

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Let's take our precious time Let's take our precious time

You'll need heart # In these times

# Because time can mean so much # Are you still mine? #

That was unbelievable. The next song is Can You Give It and it

looks amazing when the whole place jumps when the band comes in. Trust

me, it's amazing. When the whole band comes in, I will count you in,

everybody in here is going to # One last push

# Under one great shadow floorshow # One last pull

# Slow rolling boulder rocks # Pull hold tape together

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# Bind tight and deliver # I thought, I thought and I thought

# I thought we'd be doing the # And I thought that you might feel

# With your insect skin and the # And I thought of you, it was

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# I could warm myself or be the new # And we knew we only

# Before you know it before you know it

# Before you know it parent a parent

# Ohhh, ohhh, ohhh

# To have it all, to have it all To have it all and still want more

# One thing's for sure One thing's for sure

# One thing's for sure we're all getting older

# So we take a lover So we take a lover

# So we take a lover waiting in the corner

# And before you know it Before you know it

# Before you know it pushing up the daisies

# Ohhh, ohhh, ohhh

# And we go back to where we came from

# Like those before and those to come

# And know it's the ever and the more

# And again and again and again and again we go

# In the end, in the end In the end nothing comes easy

# So you find a way So you find a way

# So you find a way to take a little with you

# For the ones you love For the ones you love

# For the ones you love there if they need to

# Pharaoh, pharaoh, pharaoh They're not coming with you

# Go back to where we came from

# Like those before and those to come

# And know it's the ever and the more

# And again and again and again and again, go

# Ohhh

# So soon we're, so soon we're So soon we're too old to carry

# And we knew we, and we knew we

# And we knew we only had a little while

# In the middle, in the middleIn the middle just keep ticking over

# Before you know it before you know it

# Before you know it parent a parent

# Ohhh, ohhh, ohhh

# To have it all, to have it all To have it all and still want more

# And know it's the ever and the more

# And again and again and again and again we go

# Ohhh. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So

So good,

So good, but

So good, but they made me want to be in a band. This job is amazing,

but that's, wow, what a band. The Maccabees from earlier. You watched

the whole thing. It was amazing. The highlight was definitely when

they played X-ray. Love that song. It was the first single I ever

heard by them. Incredible. I tweeted about them. You did, Greg

James on Twitter: Not many better live bands than the Maccabees right

now, I don't think. Unbelievable. It was. Some more highlights by the