| The Smiths – Cemetry Gates Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think this is Morrissey's scathing critique of the whole movement of romantic poetry which is often so melodramatic and depressing to a fault. I think this song is a great example of Morrissey as a satirist. On the one hand he makes light of the weepy sentimentality of poets like Keats, Shelley, Byron, but on the other hand he admits to being steeped in their tradition. | |
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