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Miserable Lie Lyrics
So, goodbye
Please stay with your own kind
And I'll stay with mine
There's something against us
It's not time
It's not time
So, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I know I need hardly say
How much I love your casual way
Oh, but please put your tongue away
A little higher and we're well away
The dark nights are drawing in
And your humour is as black as them
I look at yours, you laugh at mine
And "love" is just a miserable lie
You have destroyed my flower-like life
Not once - twice
You have corrupt my innocent mind
Not once - twice
I know the wind-swept mystical air
It means : I'd like to see your underwear
I recognise that mystical air
It means : I'd like to seize your underwear
What do we get for our trouble and pain ?
Just a rented room in Whalley Range
What do we get for our trouble and pain ?
...Whalley Range !
Into the depths of the criminal world
I followed her ...
I need advice, I need advice
I need advice, I need advice
Nobody ever looks at me twice
Nobody ever looks at me twice
I'm just a country-mile behind
The world
I'm just a country-mile behind
The whole world
Oh oh, oh ...
I'm just a country-mile behind
The world
I'm just a country-mile behind
The whole world
Oh oh, oh ...
Take me when you go
Oh oh, oh...
Take me when you go
Oh oh, oh ...
I need advice, I need advice
Please stay with your own kind
And I'll stay with mine
It's not time
It's not time
So, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
How much I love your casual way
Oh, but please put your tongue away
A little higher and we're well away
The dark nights are drawing in
And your humour is as black as them
I look at yours, you laugh at mine
And "love" is just a miserable lie
You have destroyed my flower-like life
Not once - twice
You have corrupt my innocent mind
Not once - twice
I know the wind-swept mystical air
It means : I'd like to see your underwear
I recognise that mystical air
It means : I'd like to seize your underwear
What do we get for our trouble and pain ?
Just a rented room in Whalley Range
What do we get for our trouble and pain ?
...Whalley Range !
Into the depths of the criminal world
I followed her ...
I need advice, I need advice
Nobody ever looks at me twice
Nobody ever looks at me twice
The world
The whole world
Oh oh, oh ...
The world
The whole world
Oh oh, oh ...
Oh oh, oh...
Oh oh, oh ...
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A song that only Morrissey could write. Similar in lyrical theme to "Pretty Girls Make Graves". Morrissey mentioned before that he lost his virginity when he was 13, and that it wasn't very good, so perhaps this is what the song was about..."you have destroyed my flower-like life". There's definately a bit of an at least latent homosexual element to it..."please stay with your kind, and I'll stay with mine". Also a bit of a criticism of people who keep their brains between their legs.
the 'I need advice' part is so poignantly desperate.
"I look at yours; you laugh at mine.." Love it.
his voice scares the hell outta me in this song.
I think it's one of moz's songs that takes from a small incident in his life and dramatises it hugely. it's probably about living with Linder , maybe thinking ur gay and then realising ur not so sure and not wanting confusion being brought up again
Oh, I forgot to add...it's definately attacking folks who say they "love" someone just so they can get into their pants, lust masquerading as love.
"...by his sweetness and goodness to her through the brief years of his flower-like life."
-Oscar Wilde's De Profundis
"Morrissey mentioned before that he lost his virginity when he was 13, and that it wasn't very good, so perhaps this is what the song was about..."you have destroyed my flower-like life". " He did say he lost his virginity at the age of 13; however, the line about "Whalley Range" doesn't support the theory that it is about that, since a rented room in Whalley Range is where Morrissey used to cohabit with Linder Sterling (and I think the guitarist from her band, Ludus) for about a year when he was about 19.
And as for "latent homosexual element" - what if it's a complete renouncement of romantic relationships instead? You know, as they said in Sex and the City, being single and being gay is not exactly the same...LOL
@nightandday the whalley range lyric is a jab at rival band james
@nightandday the whalley range lyric is a jab at rival band james
"flower-like life" is from the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde.
Yeah, he does make a some references to Wilde's work, and actually mentions his name in one of his songs (I forget which one) (: x
Yeah, he does make a some references to Wilde's work, and actually mentions his name in one of his songs (I forget which one) (: x
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Cemetry Gates
Haha am I weird? I absolutely love this song, I love how chaotic it sounds, and how Moz's voice is so desperate and how everything is such a beautiful mess! I look at yours, you laugh at mine and "love" is just a miserable lie...