Seems to be about a deeply depressed woman who perhaps turns to the narrator/Morrissey for consolation because she identifies strongly with him. The narrator understands her but is unable to provide the typical lip service about life getting better so he plays it straight and confirms that life is a constant struggle and he cannot save her. She takes her life and the narrator/Morrissey appears to see it as something inevitable and brave because he knows that life would never have turned around for her. The song is a way for him to tell her story very simply and elegantly without sentimental flourish. In my opinion it is a song that illustrates that for some people suicide is much less tragic than living a chronically painful existence. This song really sticks in the head- it has a 1960's/early psychedelic feel to me.
I don't see how you came to realize that the suicide is portrayed as brave. I don't think a positive or negative opinion is actually made.
I don't see how you came to realize that the suicide is portrayed as brave. I don't think a positive or negative opinion is actually made.
Look at the follow up, "That's How People Grow Up." It's sarcastic; he wasn't really wasting his time looking for love, and he might be OK, but only "For now, anyway." He's inevitably going to continue struggling as did Carol.
Look at the follow up, "That's How People Grow Up." It's sarcastic; he wasn't really wasting his time looking for love, and he might be OK, but only "For now, anyway." He's inevitably going to continue struggling as did Carol.
It's about guilt. The speaker refused to help Carol, and his guilt is seen by his presence at the funeral. "Nobody," including himself "ever comes."
It's about guilt. The speaker refused to help Carol, and his guilt is seen by his presence at the funeral. "Nobody," including himself "ever comes."
Seems to be about a deeply depressed woman who perhaps turns to the narrator/Morrissey for consolation because she identifies strongly with him. The narrator understands her but is unable to provide the typical lip service about life getting better so he plays it straight and confirms that life is a constant struggle and he cannot save her. She takes her life and the narrator/Morrissey appears to see it as something inevitable and brave because he knows that life would never have turned around for her. The song is a way for him to tell her story very simply and elegantly without sentimental flourish. In my opinion it is a song that illustrates that for some people suicide is much less tragic than living a chronically painful existence. This song really sticks in the head- it has a 1960's/early psychedelic feel to me.
I don't see how you came to realize that the suicide is portrayed as brave. I don't think a positive or negative opinion is actually made.
I don't see how you came to realize that the suicide is portrayed as brave. I don't think a positive or negative opinion is actually made.
Look at the follow up, "That's How People Grow Up." It's sarcastic; he wasn't really wasting his time looking for love, and he might be OK, but only "For now, anyway." He's inevitably going to continue struggling as did Carol.
Look at the follow up, "That's How People Grow Up." It's sarcastic; he wasn't really wasting his time looking for love, and he might be OK, but only "For now, anyway." He's inevitably going to continue struggling as did Carol.
It's about guilt. The speaker refused to help Carol, and his guilt is seen by his presence at the funeral. "Nobody," including himself "ever comes."
It's about guilt. The speaker refused to help Carol, and his guilt is seen by his presence at the funeral. "Nobody," including himself "ever comes."