The B-Sides from this album's singles are a very mixed bag, but there are two standouts in The Exploding Boy and this song, A Few Hours After This. Majestic and orchestral, this track sees The Cure experimenting with musical styles they wouldn't get back to until Wild Mood Swings; when they hired a real string quartet to do the concept justice. Smith's choppy but emotive vocal deliver perfectly fits this cinematic song about reuniting with a former crush one final time.