This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?
Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?
What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?
Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?
What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?
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Sometimes we cannot reckon a song's meaning. When all of a sudden we go through a situation and we listen to a certain song we can understand it perfectly. We drink and get happy for a moment, when the effect of alcohol is over, the "happiness" goes away. So we start analysing our life to check what's wrong, in his case he thought he needed a job when he got it he realized it was not what he needed. It just made him more miserable. He just reaches the answer when he sees the "lovers passing him by". As he tries to get rid of his misery he gives his time to people who don't care and will NEVER care about him. He does it aiming to find someone who cares.
Caligula is an emperor who killed his own men, practiced incest with his sisters and threw unnecessary parties. Show how Morrissey knows his history. Great line!
This song rocks. It resonates with me for two reasons: One, yeah, it's catchy and Morrissey's voice, singing slightly behind the beat, complements the band's playing to perfecton. Two: despite the catchiness of the song, the lyrics themselves are very dark, bluesy, and common to our fickle condition.
The song is almost schizophrenic in its nature: it sounds happy, yet the mood which the singer finds himself in is one of bitter agony. A bittersweet note indeed. What's great is that this is a song which one can listen to regardless of one's condition: happy or sad. What more can one ask for?
the songs wrote about the people in Morrissey's life, he didnt like, but had to spend time with, his work colleagues and bosses etc... he says so in this interview about 8.25 youtube.com/watch
What a great song. Somehow I always wind up listening to this song when I get some crappy job and then it hit's me, why am I giving my time to these automotons who don't care a whit about me? Kick them in the eye I will!
I love this song, recently a I fell into a depression and this was the only song I could hear for a week. I don't know if it helped or it made me feel more depressed but It always makes me think about my life.
Although my familiy doesn't like most of the music I listen to, this one struck a chord with all of them. Makes my dad laugh until he falls out of his chair.
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Whenever I start to slip into a depression this song resonates through my mind. I've never heard anyone more accurately describe how it feels to be down or depressed. Or just thinking about all the things that you are unhappy with in your life. I listen to this a lot when I'm sad, and it doesn't make me cry, but it definitely regenerates the mood. Not sure if its a good or bad thing but regardless I love this song whether I'm happy or sad. When I'm happy this song makes me reflect on the times I was down, but not necessarily in a bad way. This song truly sounds how emotions feel.
Haha, this song makes me want to get up and do a dance. The eye line is priceless!