I think, "I want to go to hell" is saying I don't want that love that you people think is so holy. He is rejecting relationships because one day goodbye will be farewell and everyone always leaves you. It is not worth the struggle, it is better to be content with yourself, by yourself. That makes sense when you consider the lyrics in I'm OK By Myself and That's How People Grow Up.
I respectfully disagree. I think he's admitting mistreatment of his loved ones. Morrissey is a private individual, and distancing yourself from one whom you love can be abuse if they care about you too. He doesn't want to say "Goodbye" when his loved one dies, but when he finally receives his punishment.
I respectfully disagree. I think he's admitting mistreatment of his loved ones. Morrissey is a private individual, and distancing yourself from one whom you love can be abuse if they care about you too. He doesn't want to say "Goodbye" when his loved one dies, but when he finally receives his punishment.
See: "When Last I Spoke to Carol?"
--"To the rescue, nobody ever comes."
What about the speaker himself? He didn't promote an optimistic view for Carol or lend her support ("I can't pretend...). He failed Carol, and didn't even come to the rescue himself. Being at the funeral...
See: "When Last I Spoke to Carol?"
--"To the rescue, nobody ever comes."
What about the speaker himself? He didn't promote an optimistic view for Carol or lend her support ("I can't pretend...). He failed Carol, and didn't even come to the rescue himself. Being at the funeral shows guilt.
"That's How People Grow Up" is not about being happy with loneliness, but rather about not letting it ruin your life ("Someone on their deathbed said, 'There are other struggles too'"; grow some balls). It promotes a more stoic take on life.
"I'm OK By Myself" is admitted out of distrust, not out of happiness. The narrator says being alone is OK and he adamantly refuses to listen to any one else's opinion; listen to the incessant use of "no." He's OK by himself because he feels safe that way and doesn't have to invest any sort of trust, not necessarily because he wants to.
I think, "I want to go to hell" is saying I don't want that love that you people think is so holy. He is rejecting relationships because one day goodbye will be farewell and everyone always leaves you. It is not worth the struggle, it is better to be content with yourself, by yourself. That makes sense when you consider the lyrics in I'm OK By Myself and That's How People Grow Up.
I respectfully disagree. I think he's admitting mistreatment of his loved ones. Morrissey is a private individual, and distancing yourself from one whom you love can be abuse if they care about you too. He doesn't want to say "Goodbye" when his loved one dies, but when he finally receives his punishment.
I respectfully disagree. I think he's admitting mistreatment of his loved ones. Morrissey is a private individual, and distancing yourself from one whom you love can be abuse if they care about you too. He doesn't want to say "Goodbye" when his loved one dies, but when he finally receives his punishment.
See: "When Last I Spoke to Carol?" --"To the rescue, nobody ever comes." What about the speaker himself? He didn't promote an optimistic view for Carol or lend her support ("I can't pretend...). He failed Carol, and didn't even come to the rescue himself. Being at the funeral...
See: "When Last I Spoke to Carol?" --"To the rescue, nobody ever comes." What about the speaker himself? He didn't promote an optimistic view for Carol or lend her support ("I can't pretend...). He failed Carol, and didn't even come to the rescue himself. Being at the funeral shows guilt.
"That's How People Grow Up" is not about being happy with loneliness, but rather about not letting it ruin your life ("Someone on their deathbed said, 'There are other struggles too'"; grow some balls). It promotes a more stoic take on life.
"I'm OK By Myself" is admitted out of distrust, not out of happiness. The narrator says being alone is OK and he adamantly refuses to listen to any one else's opinion; listen to the incessant use of "no." He's OK by himself because he feels safe that way and doesn't have to invest any sort of trust, not necessarily because he wants to.