The Hanging Garden – English Lyrics

• By: The Cure
• Album: Songs Of A Lost World

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(moody pop music)

♪ Creatures kissing in the rain ♪

♪ Shapeless in the dark again ♪

♪ In the hanging garden please don't speak ♪

♪ In the hanging garden no one sleeps ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ Catching haloes on the moon ♪

♪ Gives my hands the shapes of angels ♪

♪ In the heat of the night the animals scream ♪

♪ In the heat of the night walking into a dream ♪

♪ Fall, fall, fall, fall ♪

♪ Into the walls ♪

♪ Jump, jump out of time ♪

♪ Fall, fall, fall, fall ♪

♪ Out of the sky ♪

♪ Cover my face as the animals cry ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ Creatures kissing in the rain ♪

♪ Shapeless in the dark again ♪

♪ In the hanging garden change the past ♪

♪ In the hanging garden wearing furs and masks ♪

♪ Fall, fall, fall, fall ♪

♪ Into the walls ♪

♪ Jump, jump out of time ♪

♪ Fall, fall, fall, fall ♪

♪ Out of the sky ♪

♪ Cover my face as the animals die ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ As the animals die ♪

♪ Cover my face as the animals die ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

♪ In the hanging garden ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
garden /ˈɡɑːr.dən/ A1	noun - a piece of ground where plants are cultivated
hanging /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/ B1	adjective - suspended from above; dangling
animals /ˈæn.ɪ.məlz/ A1	noun - living creatures that move and feed on organic material
creatures /ˈkriː.tʃəz/ B1	noun - beings, especially animals or imaginary beings
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to drop down from a higher place
sky /skaɪ/ A1	noun - the expanse of air over the earth
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - water droplets that fall from clouds
dark /dɑːk/ A1	adjective - having little or no light
face /feɪs/ A1	noun - the front part of a person's head verb - to confront or deal with something
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to produce tears; to shout loudly
die /daɪ/ A2	verb - to cease living
cover /ˈkʌv.ər/ B1	verb - to place something over so as to protect or hide it
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to spring off the ground with force
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the measured period in which events occur
walls /wɔːlz/ A2	noun - vertical structures that enclose or separate spaces
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
shapeless /ˈʃeɪp.ləs/ C1	adjective - having no definite shape or form

Key Grammar Structures

• please don't speak

  ➔ Negative Imperative

  ➔ "don't" + base verb forms a command to NOT do something. Used for direct prohibitions.

• no one sleeps

  ➔ Indefinite Pronoun + Present Simple

  ➔ "No one" (indefinite pronoun) + present simple verb expresses a universal truth or general state.

• Gives my hands the shapes of angels

  ➔ Ditransitive Verb Omission

  ➔ Omission of subject (poetic style). Full structure: "[It] gives my hands the shapes of angels".

• walking into a dream

  ➔ Present Participle Phrase

  ➔ "Walking" functions as adverbial modifier, showing simultaneous action with the main verb "scream".

• Fall, fall, fall, fall

  ➔ Repetition for Emphasis

  ➔ Quadruple repetition of "fall" intensifies the command and creates rhythmic urgency.

• Cover my face as the animals die

  ➔ Imperative + Temporal Clause

  ➔ "Cover" (imperative) is followed by "as" introducing simultaneous action. Shows cause-effect relationship.

• change the past

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ Base verb "change" without subject forms direct command. Common in song lyrics for dramatic effect.

• wearing furs and masks

  ➔ Present Participle as Adjective

  ➔ "Wearing" modifies an implied subject (e.g., 'we/they are'), describing ongoing state or action.

• Shapeless in the dark again

  ➔ Adjective + Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ "Shapeless" (descriptive adjective) is modified by location/detail "in the dark again". Common poetic structure.