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One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell Lyrics
Always be carefull
When you abuse the one you love
The hour or the day
No one can tell
But one day
Goodbye will be farewell, and
You will never see the one you love again
You will never see the one you love again
I have been thinking
What, with my final brain cell
How time grips you
Slyly in it's spell
And before you know
Goodbye will be farewell, and
You will never see the one you love again
And the smiling children, tell you that you smell
Well, just look at me
A savage beast
With nothing to sell
And when I die
I'm going straight to hell
And that's when
Goodbye should be farewell
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
One day goodbye will be farewell
So grab me while you still have the time
When you abuse the one you love
The hour or the day
No one can tell
But one day
You will never see the one you love again
You will never see the one you love again
What, with my final brain cell
How time grips you
Slyly in it's spell
And before you know
You will never see the one you love again
And the smiling children, tell you that you smell
A savage beast
With nothing to sell
And when I die
I'm going straight to hell
And that's when
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
Ta ta ta, ta ta ta
So grab me while you still have the time
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Why keep abusing the one you love and taking them for granted? You never know when they'll be gone. Overall, the basic message I feel. There's a bitterness to this song I feel, the narrator isn't happy with their life, what they've become. He's bitter at those who are lucky to have people who love them yet don't treat them right. Or maybe he is guilty of this himself. Its almost like a sudden realisation of time and how death could strike at any moment. Therefore why continue this way? "Grab me while we still have the time". Lets make the most of what we have because one day, goodbye really will be farewell
It says: And when I die, I want to go to hell.
I think, "I want to go to hell" is saying I don't want that love that you people think is so holy. He is rejecting relationships because one day goodbye will be farewell and everyone always leaves you. It is not worth the struggle, it is better to be content with yourself, by yourself. That makes sense when you consider the lyrics in I'm OK By Myself and That's How People Grow Up.
I respectfully disagree. I think he's admitting mistreatment of his loved ones. Morrissey is a private individual, and distancing yourself from one whom you love can be abuse if they care about you too. He doesn't want to say "Goodbye" when his loved one dies, but when he finally receives his punishment.
I respectfully disagree. I think he's admitting mistreatment of his loved ones. Morrissey is a private individual, and distancing yourself from one whom you love can be abuse if they care about you too. He doesn't want to say "Goodbye" when his loved one dies, but when he finally receives his punishment.
See: "When Last I Spoke to Carol?" --"To the rescue, nobody ever comes." What about the speaker himself? He didn't promote an optimistic view for Carol or lend her support ("I can't pretend...). He failed Carol, and didn't even come to the rescue himself. Being at the funeral...
See: "When Last I Spoke to Carol?" --"To the rescue, nobody ever comes." What about the speaker himself? He didn't promote an optimistic view for Carol or lend her support ("I can't pretend...). He failed Carol, and didn't even come to the rescue himself. Being at the funeral shows guilt.
"That's How People Grow Up" is not about being happy with loneliness, but rather about not letting it ruin your life ("Someone on their deathbed said, 'There are other struggles too'"; grow some balls). It promotes a more stoic take on life.
"I'm OK By Myself" is admitted out of distrust, not out of happiness. The narrator says being alone is OK and he adamantly refuses to listen to any one else's opinion; listen to the incessant use of "no." He's OK by himself because he feels safe that way and doesn't have to invest any sort of trust, not necessarily because he wants to.
I like the shift in tones and themes: (1) Foreboding: the song opens with a warning. (2) Despair. The repeated "And you will never see the one you love again" drives the message home, making you think, "I will lose someone I love." (3) Dark humo(u)r: "The smiling children tell you that you smell." While you are grieving over your loss, the innocent children will be teasing you as usual. (4) Guilt; see my reply to Coow. (5) Hope/mediation, or a (futile?) grasp at hope found in the last line.