| Morrissey – I Have Forgiven Jesus Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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OK "found God" may be the wrong term, but then made peace with him...or atleast trying to. I don't see anything about homosexuality in this song. Can you point out exactly which words that leads you to make such an assumption? |
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| Morrissey – Let Me Kiss You Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I saw him live recently. He did this song, and as he sang the words "And you see someone that you physically despise" he opened his shirt and exposed his body...which is in no way despicable! I don't think it is so much about him not being able to get the one he wants as it is about him hating his own body. He hates it so much that in order for him to be intimate with someone he wants that person to close their eyes and think of someone else. Ha...I bet there are plenty of people (who actually think of Morrissey when they kiss someone else! |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Henry Lee (feat. PJ Harvey) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I just looked again in the lyrics booklet and it says "lyrics: traditional/Cave" So I guess it is adapted from a traditional ballad. And so are other songs on this album (Murder Ballads) | |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Henry Lee (feat. PJ Harvey) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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SlightlyMad, I think you are right on with the comparison to Poe. It also have some charactaristcs from mideval ballads with expressions like "lily white hand", and the rythm of the lyrics with the same lines at the end of every verse instead of the usual verse-chorus-verse-chorus...or however the modern pop song go. A wonderful song. The meaning is very straight forward though. Not much room for interpretation there, hehe |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Hallelujah Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I really love these lines: "And my piano crouched in the corner of my room With all its teeth bared" And the ending is so moving: "The tears are welling in my eyes again Hallelujah I need twenty big buckets to catch them in Hallelujah And twenty pretty girls to carry them down Hallelujah And twenty deep holes to bury them in" It seems to be about trying to escape from a repressing comfort zone. He's trying to venture out in the world and live life, and he sees the house "with all hope and dreams kept within". But in the end he is too scared to enter. So he turns back home to his protected life and continues to suppress all his emotions. The image of his tears that as to be carried in twenty big buckets and buried in twenty deep holes is so strong. I think it could be interpreted as religion being the "nurse" protecting people from reality, and keeping them from truly living life. In dream analysis a house is usually seen as a symbol of a persons identity, so it could be that the narrator is actually tempted, but afraid of looking inwards. |
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| Morrissey – I Have Forgiven Jesus Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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If you interpret the desires of the narrator in this song as being homosexual desires, just because he can't fulfill them, it is the same as saying that homosexual desires are sinful or wrong to the narrator. And as much as I believe that you should always seperate the narrator from the writer in analyzing any text, I just don't think that Morrissey would take that point of view because he doesn't believe omosexuality is wrong. That must be obviouse to anyone who have followed his carrier and studies his lyrics. I agree with nightandday that this song is simply about loneliness. The "I" expresses the frustration that overwhlelms you when you are torn between wanting to love someone, but not being able to because either there is noone to love or the idea of intimacy frightens you. I also think that the religious aspect of this sone is very interesting. It seems that there is a conflict between the "I" and Jesus. As a child he was acting out against him, which shows in this hilarious line (if I interpret it correctly, english is not my first language): "I was a good kid/through hail and snow I'd go/just to moon you". So he was rebelling against religion, but now he is sad that Jesus has deserted him. But he has now forgiven Jesus, and the song could be interpreted as him realizing that since he can not give his love to any human being, Jesus is the only one he can give it to. Again...I try to keep in mind that narrator and writer should be seen seperate, but since there are other Morrissey songs lately with religious aspects, I can't help thinking that he may have found God. PS: I am not a religious person myself, in case you want to argue that I just see what I want to see. |
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| Morrissey – The Boy Racer Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"He thinks he got the whole world in his hands Stood at the urinal" That is brilliant! I love this song. Always makes me sing along loudly. |
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| Morrissey – Driving Your Girlfriend Home Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The point of view of this song is of someone standing on the outside looking at someone else having an intimate relationship (something that I can really relate to) and not knowing anything about such things..."And I can't answer" - "and I can't tell her". He's observes this thing called relationship from the outside and probaby finds it strange and complicated and nothing that he will ever want to be involved in. He sees how it makes people miserable...how it screws with their heads..."How did I end up so involved with the very existence I planned on avoiding?" The politely shaking hands goodnight shows the distance he is keeping to it all. |
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| Morrissey – I Don't Mind If You Forget Me Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Yes it does seem to be about a break up. And it is hard to overlook the fact that this song is from his first solo album after the Smiths "break up". I like the way the narrator changes attitude in the end, confessing that he is not fine..."You can only be strong for so long" - "I really don't understand this time" |
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| Morrissey – Hairdresser On Fire Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Isn't it about vanity and the way it represses him and peopel in general? It makes perfect sense that it is about him trying to get an appointment, and realizing how important it actually is for him..."psycologically save me" - "supernaturally change me"...as in changing his state of mind, giving him confidence... "Within an hour the power Could totally destroy me (Or, it could save my life)" He is realizing that a lot of his selfesteem relies on his hair being perfectly cut. And if something goes wrong it would just destroy him. The line "I really felt for you" could be directed at both the hairdresser or the client whose hair got messed up. And there's also the feeling of not being important enough for the hairdresser to squeeze him in. The hairdresser is too trendy and "hot" (on fire) for him and his oldfashin quiff...thus way too busy. And he expresses that in a self-mocking way. One of the things I love about Morissey is his abilety to laugh at himself. At the same time it becomes a general statement about vanity and the extreme importance of the superficial values (repressed but remarkably dressed) |
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