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Steven Smith Lyrics
as i was saying
i know that i’m one of the few who got
away from you
steven smith , we all lose
one look at you
and they’re suddenly covered in
shrapnel too
it’s true, most die in your bedroom
all the time i’m getting shot
oh, barrels roll and hammers drop
come on now
grab that gun and we’ll go drive
around
until there’s no sound
come on
let’s go
i said i am driving and i am driving
its true, i’ve got something for you
when everything is quiet
the ringing in our ears will be awfully
violent
and then there will be silence
then there will be silence
i know that i’m one of the few who got
away from you
steven smith , we all lose
one look at you
and they’re suddenly covered in
shrapnel too
it’s true, most die in your bedroom
oh, barrels roll and hammers drop
come on now
grab that gun and we’ll go drive
around
until there’s no sound
let’s go
i said i am driving and i am driving
its true, i’ve got something for you
the ringing in our ears will be awfully
violent
and then there will be silence
then there will be silence
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Delusional?! LOL You're delusional if you believe that Wikipedia is the world's most reliable source of information. The Organ are massive Smiths / Moz fans.
from an interview with Katie Sketch (http://www.blogotheque.net/article.php3?id_article=424):
"One last question : is “Steven Smith” really a sort of tribute to Morrissey?
Can you believe that you’re the first person to ask me that ? I’ve read many reviews that have flat out stated that it is, but nobody has bothered to ask me.
My answer in short is : yes. They were right."
steven smith is about every boy i have ever known. "it's true, most die in your bedroom" great line.
Love the atmosphere and the sound of this song...
when i first picked up the cd, i thought this was gonna be an elliott smith ref. because his real name was steven
no, it's about morrisey, the smiths (steven patrick)
I could be interpreting it totally wrong (in fact I probably am) but I think Steven Smith is a guy who rapes/abuses girls.
"I'm one of the few who got away from you... Steven Smith, we all lose."
Even the narrator, who got away from Steven Smith and appears to be carrying on her life unaffected by the experience, is damaged by it.
"One look at you and they're all suddenly covered in shrapnel too"
A lot of people have been hurt the same way by him.
"Most die in your bedroom"
Unlike the narrator, who has escaped from some extent, most of Steven Smith's victims are immediately destroyed by the experience.
"All the time I'm getting shot... we'll go drive around until there's no sound."
She keeps being reminded of Steven Smith, and drives around to forget her flashbacks/memories (possibly with another of Steven's survivors). I think she's being compared to a veteran of a war who imagines that he hears or is being shot when he really isn't.
"I've got something for you"
I'm overinterpreting even more now, but maybe the narrator purposely kills the other girl and herself by driving the car into something.
"The ringing in our ears will be awfully violent, and then there will be silence."
Up until the moment they die, they're haunted by the memories of Steven Smith.
Now that I wrote this out, I think it's a pretty dumb interpretation. I don't know much about the Smiths, but I can see how this could be about a particular band/singer that gets stuck in your head. It's really a beautiful song, even I don't know what it's about.
I like that part of your interpretation: "I'm overinterpreting even more now, but maybe the narrator purposely kills the other girl and herself by driving the car into something.
I like that part of your interpretation: "I'm overinterpreting even more now, but maybe the narrator purposely kills the other girl and herself by driving the car into something.
"The ringing in our ears will be awfully violent, and then there will be silence."
"The ringing in our ears will be awfully violent, and then there will be silence."
Up until the moment they die, they're haunted by the memories of Steven Smith.
Up until the moment they die, they're haunted by the memories of Steven Smith.
Now that I wrote this out, I think it's a pretty dumb interpretation. I don't know much about the Smiths, but I can see how this could be about a particular band/singer that gets stuck in your...
Now that I wrote this out, I think it's a pretty dumb interpretation. I don't know much about the Smiths, but I can see how this could be about a particular band/singer that gets stuck in your head. It's really a beautiful song, even I don't know what it's about."
becaus it reminde me of "Ther's a light that never goes out" by the smith and is maybe intentional
I think its about Morrissey, Steven is morrissey`s first name, and was is the Smiths.
"Sketch's musical training started at the age of three, when she began classical training on the violin. Her childhood was spent largely in ignorance of the underground sounds of The Cure, Joy Division and The Smiths, whom The Organ would later often be compared to." -From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Organ)
I think people would like to believe this song is about moz because the organ sounds like that scene, but i think theyre delusional
it's about morrissey. the band have said so in various interviews.
great song, anyway.
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