Firstly, there are a few mistakes in the lyrics above...
"He's still there, lamenting, "Policewomen, policemen, silly women, tax men: uniformed whores."
"Have a care, and say a prayer, because he's still there, lamenting..."
"Educated criminals work within the law."
"Fate mooning back at me."
To me, this song seems to be about not being like everyone else, but fearing that deep down you are. Everything about modern life is designed for people who are too stupid to think for themselves, with rules and control measures that are set up to look like they're for our own good, but basically make sure we have no freedom.
Morrissey's contempt for other celebrities is partly due to their unwillingness to say anything that might be different, for fear of reprisals on themselves.
Eventually, he asserts that no, he is not like them; and even if we don't quite understand how, we embrace and love him. The repeated line of, "Take me in your arms, and love me" sounds to me almost like a plea, begging us to love him and validate the claim that he is not just another 'crashing bore'.
Firstly, there are a few mistakes in the lyrics above...
"He's still there, lamenting, "Policewomen, policemen, silly women, tax men: uniformed whores." "Have a care, and say a prayer, because he's still there, lamenting..." "Educated criminals work within the law." "Fate mooning back at me."
To me, this song seems to be about not being like everyone else, but fearing that deep down you are. Everything about modern life is designed for people who are too stupid to think for themselves, with rules and control measures that are set up to look like they're for our own good, but basically make sure we have no freedom.
Morrissey's contempt for other celebrities is partly due to their unwillingness to say anything that might be different, for fear of reprisals on themselves. Eventually, he asserts that no, he is not like them; and even if we don't quite understand how, we embrace and love him. The repeated line of, "Take me in your arms, and love me" sounds to me almost like a plea, begging us to love him and validate the claim that he is not just another 'crashing bore'.