So, I know Morrissey is always extremely ambiguous, but I think about the meaning to this song a lot and the last full verse doesn't seem to 100% fit:
"I never wanted to kill
I am not naturally evil
Such things I do
Just to make myself
More attractive to you
Have I failed?"
Makes me think it could be about the Moors murderers as well as the other criminal figures - the Kray twins. I say this because he sings 'Such things I do, just to make myself more attracted to you' which makes me think of Ian Brady and how he was supposed to have been an okay person but then he met Myra Hindley and they conspired to do what they did, thus he made himself more attractive for her therefore she was making herself become more attracted to him. I could be totally off-mark here though.
I do find increasingly interesting that many of the musicians I like lived through things that is history that I have to learn all about.. To me, this song practically highlights England in the 60s - consumed by the media's glamorised killers.
So, I know Morrissey is always extremely ambiguous, but I think about the meaning to this song a lot and the last full verse doesn't seem to 100% fit:
"I never wanted to kill I am not naturally evil Such things I do Just to make myself More attractive to you Have I failed?"
Makes me think it could be about the Moors murderers as well as the other criminal figures - the Kray twins. I say this because he sings 'Such things I do, just to make myself more attracted to you' which makes me think of Ian Brady and how he was supposed to have been an okay person but then he met Myra Hindley and they conspired to do what they did, thus he made himself more attractive for her therefore she was making herself become more attracted to him. I could be totally off-mark here though.
I do find increasingly interesting that many of the musicians I like lived through things that is history that I have to learn all about.. To me, this song practically highlights England in the 60s - consumed by the media's glamorised killers.