The Cure - A Letter To Elise

Heartbreakingly beautiful.

Can someone please tell me what the notes are that he is playing on the piano as I would love to play that part of the song. Thank you :)

This tune shatters my heart in bits! So beautiful 🧡

My fave version of a bittersweet gem 🕊🗻🎋🔵♣️

For Erin. The only one ever.

one of the greatest heart break songs of all time....

Incrivel!!! Deliro nessa melodia !!!

A versão acústica é lindíssima. Amo.

I danced to this exact version at my quince for my father daughter dance and you bet your butt we're gonna dance to it at my wedding. This has always been my special song not only because I was named after it ,but because whenever l need a pick me up or destress I always look to this song. It means the world to me.

This is marvellous...

Oh my.. oh my this is so deep

31 people who clicked on the wrong channel....

Damn, never knew they did MTV Unplugged as well with some other bands. (Pretty obvious who some of those bands are)

😂😂😂 Nobody butchers lyrics the way Robert Smith does, I love this guy!!!🥰

Best version ever 🖤🖤🖤

The heck is wrong with the 31 that didint like this?? 1st time this song was played or introduced and with a very different lyrics that the cut in Wish. :) Beautiful song.

These men are actually musically talented, not the case anymore

My parents grew up in the 70, 80s they say I would’ve been a cure kid. They are so right. Let me live this life, I don’t belong in this time.

My Elise is named Laura.

Who who whoWhy am I still listening to uBye bye byeDon't cryI live uU luv meTill I die

Say what they will about the 80’s- hear this and the genuine emotion and talent

💜my favourite version of this wonderful song

Mine too. Robert even said in an interview that he thinks this version is better than the original.

@June Asiimwe he is right always😊

@Deák-Takács Zsuzsa Yep, Robert knows his stuff. Very wise man.

A música mais linda que meus ouvidos já puderam ouvir na vida. 😔

I name my daughter after this song.

Conglamertion of my heart, right now. For RW.

Uma carta para EliseOh Elise não importa o que você digaEu apenas não consigo estar aqui o dia todoAssim como atuando tudo igualDo jeito que nós atuamosTodo jeito de sorrir, esqueçaE finja que não precisamosDe nada mais do que issoDe nada mais do que issoOh elise não importa o que você façaEu sei que eu nunca estarei realmente dentro de vocêPara fazer seus olhos pegarem fogoDo jeito que eles deveriamDo jeito que essa tristeza poderia me adentrarSe apenas eles conseguissemSe apenas eles conseguissemPelo menos eu perderia essa sensação de sentir algomais que se escondeEntre eu e vocêHá mundos a nos separarCom olhares dolorosos e corações partidosE todas as preces suas mãos conseguem fazerOh eu apenas pego o tanto que você consegue jogarE depois eu jogo tudo foraOh eu jogo tudo foraComo jogando rostos para o céuComo jogando os braços em voltaOntem, eu parei e te encareiDe olhos abertos em sua frenteE o rosto que eu vi me retribuiu o olharDo jeito que eu queriaMas eu não consigo segurar minhas lágrimasDo jeito que você fazElise acredite eu nunca quis issoEu pensei desda vez eu cumpririatodas as minhas promessasEu pensava que você era garota que eu sempre sonheiMas eu deixei este sonho partirE as promessas quebraramE o faz-de-conta foi emboraOh Elise não importa o que você digaEu apenas não consigo estar aqui o dia todoAssim como atuando tudo igualDo jeito que nós atuamosTodo jeito de sorrir, esqueçaE finja que não precisamosDe nada mais do que issoDe nada mais do que issoE todas as vezes que eu tento pegar issoComo areiaTão rápido eu pegoIsso cai através de minhas mãos trêmulas

I can’t listen to this song without thinking about her 😩

i love how they incorporated the tiny piano!!! too bad it doesnt have a more powerful/clear sound

this is a real mood right now, I feel so heartbroken

Robert is an underated guitarist!

Uma canção que ultrapassa os ouvidos, os ossos, e chega direto na alma...se é que você me entende😔🎵👏🔥🇧🇷

The letter to Elise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RqQrRPnB64

love the different lyrics at the last verse!!!! One of my favs!

fantastico

My wifes favorite band this song kills me. She left after 18 years 💔

Roberts voice is absolutely breathtaking in this Unplugged version. Beautifully done !❤️

Yeah, he sounds flawless!

he dedicated me this song two days ago and it fucking hurts sorry i m too sad to write a com

18th September 2018 I saw the most beautiful and my soulmate girl last time . In Kharkov 20.45

Still the most beautiful version¡!!

This was actually released before the studio version right? It's fucking awesome

I know no one cares, but honestly I’m in a situation what the song describes and it fucking hurts, that girl really hurt me. But I really do like this song ngl

The try not to sob challenge

2018 still played . Hands up 👆

A performance that’s comes around once in a lifetime that stays with you forever

Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you sayI just can't stay here every yesterdayLike keep on acting out the sameThe way we act outEvery way to smileForgetAnd make-believe we never neededAny more than thisAny more than thisOh Elise it doesn't matter what you doI know I'll never really get inside of youTo make your eyes catch fireThe way they shouldThe way the blue could pull me inIf they only wouldIf they only wouldAt least I'd lose this sense of sensing something elseThat hides awayFrom me and youThere're worlds to partWith aching looks and breaking heartsAnd all the prayers your hands can makeOh I just take as much as you can throwAnd then throw it all awayOh I throw it all awayLike throwing faces at the skyLike throwing arms roundYesterdayI stood and staredWide-eyed in front of youAnd the face I saw looked backThe way I wanted toBut I just can't hold my tears awayThe way you doElise believe I never wanted thisI thought this time I'd keep all of my promisesI thought you were the girl I always dreamed aboutBut I let the dream goAnd the promises brokeAnd the make-believe ran out...Oh EliseIt doesn't matter what you sayI just can't stay here every yesterdayLike keep on acting out the sameThe way we act outEvery way to smileForgetAnd make-believe we never neededAny more than thisAny more than thisAnd every time I try to pick it upLike falling sandAs fast as I pick it upIt runs away through my clutching handsBut there's nothing else I can really doThere's nothing elseI can really doAt all...

is this what emo hippies look like??

Elise, it doesn't matter what you sayYou know I'll stay here every yesterdayLike keep on acting out the sameThe way we act outEvery way to smileForgetAnd make believe we never neededAny more than thisAny more than thisElise it doesn't matter what you doYou know I'll never really get inside of youTo make your eyes catch fire the way they shouldTo may the blue will pull me inIf they only wouldIf they only wouldAt least I'd lose this sense of sensingSomething else that hides awayFrom me and you this world's to partWith aching wordsAnd breaking heartsAnd all the smiles your hands can takeBut I can take as much as you can throwAnd then throw it all awayOh I'll throw it all awayLike throwing faces as the skyLike throwing arms round yesterdayI stood and stared like stone in front of youAnd the way I stared it seemed I looked right out of youAnd even the way I standI stand away from youElise believe me take me away from thisAnd secretly we'll slip into all our promisesAway from it all in the cover of the night againAnd we'll watch the years fallAnd we'll dream it all back like we doElise it doesn't matter what you sayYou know I'll stay here every yesterdayLike keep on acting out the same the wayWe act outEvery way to smileForget and make believe we never needed any more than thisAny more than thisAs fast as I pick it upIt falls away through my clutching handsAs fast as I pick it upIt falls away like falling sandBut there's nothing else I can really doThere's nothing else I can really doThere's nothing else I can really do at all...

Danke, für den Songtext(wundervoller Akustik Song) so kann ich den song überall hören.

Leben,The Cure!!!!!

Arnaldo, so ist es cure forever......best

Ich stimme zu.

Ioveeeee the cureeee

Ten bucks says that microphone is covered in that man's lipstick.

reminds me memories.. when the music was real and covers our lives with magical beauty

Für Elise or Lettre à Elise or Briefe an Felice? Sometimes the words are slightly different the first for the first round. Oh Alise! I was some kind of Kafka... and now I'm just one of many fading Gregors stuck in bed...

Mtv was massive growing up and gave us these gems like these and Nirvana. What happened?

LOVE !!!!!!

Escolhi o nome da minha filha por causa dessa música.

So incredibly awesome!

Wonderful

That voice is misery and beauty.

My favorite MTV Unplugged show. I love that they actually rearranged songs to fit the unplugged motif rather than just play them the exact same way as they were on the album

They still sound amazing love you guys😘😘😘

Wish i had an ex named Elise

Aside from the beauty of Trump being inaugurated, this is one of the greatest live recordings.

Yeah... Two sad songs...

I miss the 90's 😔

I want that tiny piano

My heart is broken for this song

I love love love the song

Right in the feels....💔💔

Timeless voice <3

So deep and so sad...

Beautiful

I guess he can change the words... What an amazing album.

Deep in my Soul I felt The pain to be separates of my Partner. It hurts so bad. This beautiful song recrearte this atmosphere when You say ....Goodbye.

Love♡

Thanks for reposting this version. It was taken down a long time ago and I've been looking for it ever since!!

beautiful acoustic take on one of their last truly great all-time songs from their last, as of now, all-time great last album-its-amazing, that this album is nearly 25 years old

Just ,just awesome ,love you Robert Smith, and the tiny piano perfectly complimented the song

I love Roberto smith guitar style in this acoustic performance, he do such a nice work with the 12 string guitar

ada kulintang-nya. awesome

Shivers.

beauty and brilliant

Absolutely beautiful and the best version ever.. makes me cry every time :(

Where did the f*cking time go? :(

you wasted it, like many of us did. time is a gypsy caravan.

Remebering an old memory.....priceless

The last truly great Cure song? hmmm..

I love The Cure!!!!

Kocham Cię mój Robercie za Twa piękną duszę... jesteś moim balsamem

I have a 12 year old daughter called Elise....I wonder where that name came from?????"toy piano plays in the background!"

Robert's voice is perfect in this performance - he's not putting the wail and whine into it, just his naturally great singing voice.

bh617 the way he is playing the guitar is amazing also

Was this performance before Wish came out? I saw another video from this show that says 1991.

Based on memory I think it was on their Pay Per View (which became Play Out I think) before Wish came out.

solo the cure se les ocurre usar un piano de juguete y aun asi suenan de lo mejor

I'm 55, and listened to music all my life. This is the only song that can make me break down and cry. It will always have a special place in my heart.

This is how I got my name, Elise.

No it's not

great song.. one of music that I love

the tiny piano nailed it

stalephish69 it's funny but pretty at the same time

Lol...i just finished teaching my daughter the piano part...

a girl broke my heart in two back in jr high (1993). She dedicated this song to me. I loved her so much I named my daughter ELISE. Ironic huh...

ruben lopez awwww

My Daughter is Elise (Elle) Emily...just the best name ...ever...

Yeah. I get it.

My favorite Cure song . Beautiful.

Jojo The Man Mine too.

Wow. Never hear this version lyrics in the end part. Love how he changes it up on the go!!

Maybe the hardest song to sing along to ever lolz!!

Robert smith you are just mellifluous my man, where do you get your Inspiration from sir?

This song is for Elise his sister with cancer

BikesNight Some people say this a reference to Franz Kafka's "Letters to Felice" (It's their correspondence through 4 years, they had a complicated relationship, exactly as the song describes).

such a beautiful gentle human being. Love pours from his body. What a legend x

any more than this