One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NikoMackey 

Cover art for One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell lyrics by Morrissey

I like the shift in tones and themes: (1) Foreboding: the song opens with a warning. (2) Despair. The repeated "And you will never see the one you love again" drives the message home, making you think, "I will lose someone I love." (3) Dark humo(u)r: "The smiling children tell you that you smell." While you are grieving over your loss, the innocent children will be teasing you as usual. (4) Guilt; see my reply to Coow. (5) Hope/mediation, or a (futile?) grasp at hope found in the last line.