I'm often baffled when folks describe The Cure as a "post-punk" band because they really only have one and a half albums worth of material that fits that description. Play For Today however is definitely a post-punk song. Combining angular guitar, Gallup's driving bass, and tortured percussion, this track buzzes with petulant angst. Although the lyrics are aggressively open to interpretation, Smith says they're about "the fraudulent aspects of an insincere relationship."