| Morrissey – He Cried Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Such a beautiful song, I'm sad that no one has interpereted this yet, so I will attempt to. I think that the soul stoned to death and the person crying is Morrissey himself. In the first part, the person crying is obviously the soul stoned to death and then later Morrissey says that he himself was stoned to death so I think they're one in the same. Also, "Stoned to death but still living" means that he was insulted so much, for whatever reason, that he has died inside. Almost like in 'You Have Killed Me'. The second section is directed towards the people doing the insulting who "don't know the power of what [they're] saying". "Ride our minds if you must" Prehaps the 'our' is gay people, if you want to look at it that way. So maybe he's saying if you must hate, you can keep your hate to yourselves but don't be cruel to people. In the last part I think he's saying that he is a sensitive person coming from a place where people are really insensitive, "They survive without feelings or blood." I think the part about not being cruel is bascially the point of the whole song :) |
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| Morrissey – Roy's Keen Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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When I interpret this song I think about the double, rather triple, meaning of the word 'keen'. 1. Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm. 2. Wail in grief for a dead person. 3. An Irish funeral song accompanied by wailing in lamentation for the dead. I think Roy is a window-cleaner who always looks happy to his clients "Smiling on time" "Romancing you" trying to get his clients to think he is happy so that they'll keep hiring him. To them he appears to be keen and eager to work. But in truth, Roy's life is very mundane and he is actually quite depressed. While he looks keen on the outside, he is keening on the inside. "Even when it's under your nose well, you just can't see it, can you?" Even though it should be quite obvious that Roy is depressed, his clients just can't see past his fake happiness. Prehaps Roy is so depressed that he kills himself and this song is also 'Roy's Keen' as in Roy's funeral song. |
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