The incest thing never crossed my mind. I think it is about the public opinion shifting of him after the Smiths and the period of the most stardom was over. It's not your birthday anymore, you are not in the center of attention and therefore there's no need to be kind to you.
Which brings Morrissey to the conclusion that the love of a crowd ("the presents") isn't real love and "can't compare in any way to the love I am now giving to you". The whole thing about being on the floor I see as yet another sign of how desperate he is of being loved.
It's really the same theme as in "Now I Am a Was".
The first verse would be him saying that even though he rationally thinks he can live without fame, he still wants it (the heart has a will of its own)
The first verse would be him saying that even though he rationally thinks he can live without fame, he still wants it (the heart has a will of its own)
The incest thing never crossed my mind. I think it is about the public opinion shifting of him after the Smiths and the period of the most stardom was over. It's not your birthday anymore, you are not in the center of attention and therefore there's no need to be kind to you.
Which brings Morrissey to the conclusion that the love of a crowd ("the presents") isn't real love and "can't compare in any way to the love I am now giving to you". The whole thing about being on the floor I see as yet another sign of how desperate he is of being loved.
It's really the same theme as in "Now I Am a Was".
The first verse would be him saying that even though he rationally thinks he can live without fame, he still wants it (the heart has a will of its own)
The first verse would be him saying that even though he rationally thinks he can live without fame, he still wants it (the heart has a will of its own)