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The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye Lyrics
Churchillian legs
Hair barely there
Mmm, the harsh truth of the camera eye
Your eyes signal pain
Because of the strain of smiling
The harsh truth of the camera eye
Telling you all
That you never wanted to know
Showing you what
You didn't want shown
My so friendly lens
It zooms into
"The inner you"
And it tells the harsh truth
And nothing but
Laugh with us all now, here
If you can
Then take the pictures home
And scream
Oh, ooh; telling you all
That you never wanted to know
Showing what
You didn't want shown
This photographer
He must have really had it in for you
"Ooh, I don't want
To be judged anymore
I don't want to be judged
I would sooner be Loved
I would sooner be
Just blindly Loved ..."
Hair barely there
Mmm, the harsh truth of the camera eye
Because of the strain of smiling
The harsh truth of the camera eye
That you never wanted to know
Showing you what
You didn't want shown
It zooms into
"The inner you"
And it tells the harsh truth
And nothing but
If you can
Then take the pictures home
And scream
That you never wanted to know
Showing what
You didn't want shown
He must have really had it in for you
To be judged anymore
I don't want to be judged
I would sooner be Loved
I would sooner be
Just blindly Loved ..."
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I think this song is saying that the media and the press takes the worse things about someone and shows it to everyone, and that those pictures could mean nothing about the actual person. The person wants to be loved for who they really are, not judged because of a photo.
I just think it's about how incredibly unfair, random and cruel the world is. Some people are ugly and they can't do anything about it and don't want to be shown pictures of themselves. As with a lot of Morrissey lyrics, as well as being very sad, it's also very funny- especially the desperate last line 'I would sooner be just blindly loved'. The subtext could read- 'well you're not going to be.'
I just think it's about how incredibly unfair, random and cruel the world is. Some people are ugly and they can't do anything about it and don't want to be shown pictures of themselves. As with a lot of Morrissey lyrics, as well as being very sad, it's also very funny- especially the desperate last line 'I would sooner be just blindly loved'. The subtext could read- 'well you're not going to be.'