We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful Lyrics

Lyric discussion by FishesWillLaugh 

Cover art for We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful lyrics by Morrissey

I love it when he laughs in his singing, there's no-one like him - "la la la ha ha harr la la la la laa har ha ha ha"

I don't know who it's about specifically, but I like to think of it as a general diatribe against humanity and jealousy, people who hate it when they're friends are doing better than them! It is of course, very true, and lots of people must have felt that way at some point (myself included).

I like his dissection of the song format, which shows him poking fun at himself too:

Verse Chorus Middle eight Break, fade