Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CharmingMan 

Cover art for Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before lyrics by Smiths, The

I agree with tps12 on this one - its a victim of domestioc violence struggling to deal with the violence - making excuses in the hospital.

The thing however best about this song is the line:

I smelt the last ten seconds of life I crashed down on the crossbar And the pain was enough to make A shy, bald, buddhist reflect And plan a mass murder

quite brilliant ! only morrissey could decribe pain in such a way.