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I was bored in a fjord
And I curse the heart and soul
Of Scandinavia
Let the people burn
Let their children cry and die
In blind asylums
But then you came along
And you held out your hand
And I fell in love with you
And Scandinavia
I kiss the soil
I hug the soil
I eat the soil
And I praise the God who made you
Stab me in your own time in Scandinavia
Unprotesting I'll die in Scandinavia
Pinned to a crime in Trondheim
I despise each syllable in Scandinavia
Let the people burn
Let their children cry and die
In blind asylums
But then you came along
And you held out your hand
And I fell in love with you
And Scandinavia
I kiss the soil
I hug the soil
I eat the soil
And I praise the God who made you
Stab me in your own time in Scandinavia
I'd be so happy to die in Scandinavia
And I curse the heart and soul
Of Scandinavia
Let the people burn
Let their children cry and die
In blind asylums
But then you came along
And you held out your hand
And I fell in love with you
And Scandinavia
I kiss the soil
I hug the soil
I eat the soil
And I praise the God who made you
Stab me in your own time in Scandinavia
Unprotesting I'll die in Scandinavia
Pinned to a crime in Trondheim
I despise each syllable in Scandinavia
Let the people burn
Let their children cry and die
In blind asylums
But then you came along
And you held out your hand
And I fell in love with you
And Scandinavia
I kiss the soil
I hug the soil
I eat the soil
And I praise the God who made you
Stab me in your own time in Scandinavia
I'd be so happy to die in Scandinavia
Lyrics submitted by PlunderingDesire
Scandinavia Lyrics as written by Steven Patrick Morrissey Martin James Boorer
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This is one of Morrissey's most profound and poetic songs. Its first stanza is an allusion to political correctness - replace the locations with African locales:
"Crime in Uganda; I despise each syllable in "Africa". Let the people burn, Let their children cry and die in blind asylum."
But Morrissey knows he can't be called racist for maligning Scandinavia.
"And I praise the god who made you. Stab me in your own time in Scandinavia. Uncomplaining I'd die in Scandinavia."
This is a racial acknowledgment. Morrissey is saying "Thank god for Nordic peoples!" Further, he acknowledges their racial superiority over he himself, as an Irish / English Celt, with the line "Stab me in your own time in Scandinavia."
How the Hell did you interpret this song as a neo-Nazi call to eugenics? Serious misinterpretation here...
Although it is very ambiguous, on first listen I thought it may have had some reference to the pureness of the Scandinavian race. Which is what brought me to here to see what others thought.
I hope the comment above was intended as a joke. Morrissey is not racist.<br /> It refers directly to the Swedish national Anthem, wich has the words " I want to live and I want to die in Scandinavia (Norden)"<br /> <br /> "Pinned to a crime"... someone who is angry of an inujstice to him. Ranting about how he despise the country. Then finds love in this country, and changes his views.<br /> I think it also refers to accused Swedish "serial killer" Tomas Quick, who was in fact pinned to a lot of murders in Norway, but was completely innocent. <br /> In our mythology, especially Eddan, forgiveness didn't exist, there were raids and burning of villages and children and curses similiar to this all over, that part probably refers to that.
@cinesis do you seriously think Morrissey cares if people call him racist? He's not, but he's spoken out loudly about enough controversial stuff that he obviously doesn't care what people think of him. That comment, in my mind, discredits the rest of your opinion, as it is the only basis for your thoughts.