| The Smiths – A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song is obviously about colonisiation Troubled Joe is hung by his "pretty white neck." The narrator travels to a mystical timezone. The title of the song is a reference to a quote from Sperenza Wilde. Too much caffeine in the blood stream = Tea, China Lack of real spice in your life = Spice trade, India People who are uglier than you and I = the colonised people, the "other" He's using colonisation as a metaphor for the power struggle of an unequal romantic relationship. He's taking "love is a battlefield" and turning it into "love is a colonial occupation." |
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