EXTREMEの1992年のアルバム『ⅢSides to Every Story』に収録されている「Cupid's Dead」のカバーです。

私たちが大学生の時にリリースされた曲なので、バンドでコピーしていました。5分47秒のめっちゃ長い曲です。
中間に57小節ものギター、ベース、ドラムによるユニゾンパートがあり、いい練習になった曲です。

もちろんですが、弾いたギターはヌーノ・ベッテンコートのシグネチャーモデルのWashburn N4 padoukです。

＜歌詞＞
Cupid’s Dead

1. I read the news today oh, boy about a tragic comedy
News paper hinted suicide the letter head read Dear Johnny
A tainted truth was all it said, sleep tight now that you’ve made your bed
An arrow that once pierced your heart to the apple on your head
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Three sides to every story yours, mine
And Monday morning

Cupid’s Dead, Head Lines Read
Cupid’s Dead
Oh, no no
Cupid’s Dead, Head Lines read
Cupid’s Dead
Oh, no no

2. Oh, Romeo oh, Romeo where did our love go, Romeo?
If you read between the head-lines, you wouldn’t be the last to know
No mystery yet to unfold a paper boy left in the cold
A love was said to never die, withered away and just got old

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Our top story tonight, is a crime of passion
The victim, an unidentified man, is found in the bed,
Wearing only a diaper holding a bow and arrow in one hand
And clutching a letter in the other. The letter simply read…
Cupid’s Dead

Extra, extra extra, extra
Read all about it, Yeah!

Cupid’s Dead
 
Cupid is dead, deceased, I got peace of mind still it’s hard to forget, what it leaves behind
A lot of love lost, your feelings are wasted, tasted the sweetness, but now
You’re faced with the thought, of being alone No more companionship
You can handle it, just abandon it, leave it behind, and look the brighter day
Give it sometime, ‘cause it won’t come right away You gotta be standing strong hold on to your dignity
Don’t sit around, saying look what ya did it to me It’s time to move on
You gotta continue to look for a love, of a life that’s within you cupid is dead now
It’s time to rely on, yourself to cope You got no shoulder to cry on

Cupid’s Dead