| Morrissey – The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I saw a documentary filmed before Morrissey released "you are the quarry" (and while he was without any record deal) in which he gave his first interview in years. The narrator says that the song is about Morrissey's feelings towards Mike Joyce in light of legal action taken by Joyce for payments after he left the band. This cuts to Morrissey saying; "I wish Mike Joyce all the worst in life." He resents him for seeking lost earnings that (in Morrissey's opinion) Joyce knew he did not deserve. Morrissey, assuming a moral highground, is telling Joyce that while the lonely high court judges may have ruled in his favour regarding financial debts, Joyce will always harbour a debt of guilt that can never be repaid. If the documentary makers' interpretation was accurate --- and not just editing in an unrelated Morrissey quote about Joyce in a spurious attempt to bolster their own opinions on the intended meaning of the song --- then I suppose Morrissey is making clear the eternal grudge he will bear and wants to haunt Joyce with the thought that if he tries to ignore his feelings of guilt, they will only play on his mind even more. | |
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