| Morrissey – On The Streets I Ran Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Has anyone seen the 80's Keanu Reeves film 'The Prince of Pennsylvania'? It's about a troubled teen outcast who has dropped out of highschool (despite being called a 'genius') and is on his way of dropping out of society. He spends the film on a quest for 'truth'. He lives in a gloomy, working-class PA mining town and is told, by the 2 characters who care about him, that he is too good to stay trapped there. His father forces him into a fate of being an underground miner. His mother in one scene begins to read his palms to tell him of his bright future but stops flattering him and begins to cry when she notices his coal-stained fingernails. In the final 5 mins, he ends up leaving the town behind and the people in it, however, his future doesn't look to optimistic. I could be wrong -projecting, perhaps- but I really felt like this song was inspired by the film. Especially since so many of Morrissey's lyrics have been inspired by long-forgotten kitchen-sink/working-class dramas. Thoughts? | |
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