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Michael's Bones Lyrics
Michael's bones
Lay where he fell
Face down on a sports ground
Oh ...
He was just somebody's luckless son
Oh, but now look what he's done
Oh, look what he's done
Your gentle hands are frozen
And your unkissed lips are blue
Your thinning clothes are hopeless
And no one was mad about you
Michael's bones
Were very young
But they were never to know
Oh ...
Impetuous fun
Mr. Policeman
I don't know where you get such notions from
His gentle hands are frozen
And his unkissed lips are blue
But his eyes still cry
And now you've turned the last bend
And see - are we all judged the same at the end?
Tell me, tell me
Oh, you lucky thing
You are too brave
And I'm ashamed of myself
As usual
Oh ...
Lay where he fell
Face down on a sports ground
Oh ...
Oh, but now look what he's done
Oh, look what he's done
And your unkissed lips are blue
Your thinning clothes are hopeless
And no one was mad about you
Were very young
But they were never to know
Oh ...
Impetuous fun
Mr. Policeman
I don't know where you get such notions from
And his unkissed lips are blue
But his eyes still cry
And see - are we all judged the same at the end?
Tell me, tell me
You are too brave
And I'm ashamed of myself
As usual
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No, its about the Moors Murders just not as explicit as Suffer Little Children.
this song seems to be about suicide, and all the taboos surrounding it. "you are too brave" is the glorification of suicide, while "oh look what he's done" is the very opposite. Don't understand the policeman bit. Seems like Michael, unkissed and luckless, drowns himself
nah, it's about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungerford_massacre
The final verse is quite disgusting.
i love this song, but i always thought that it was about a kid who died or something when morrissey was younger. morrissey probably didn't know the kid that well, but it obviously affected him in a big way. but thats just me :/
I think it's about the death of a child or teenager. Not sure if suicide or not, might be. It's hauntingly beautiful.
I always imagine it to be about a young lad who has suffered some sporting injury or injury at play (impetuous fun)
Just the unfortunate death of a boy who hasn’t even starting his life . (His unkissed lips are blue) which I think suggests he’s before the age of sexual maturity.
I do think some of the lyrics fit in with the Hungerford massacre. And as always the last few lines stump us again , pointing towards suicide and the brave act he has performed , viewed in a noble way by Morrissey
Summery -
I don’t have a clue what it’s really about but these questions keep me playing Morrissey year after year .
According to Christopher Hitchens, this is what the song is about: ""Morrissey's first experience with suicide was when he was 15. Michael Kelly, a schoolfriend at the time, took his own life after football lessons. Kelly is remembered in the song Michael's Bones."