Smiler With Knife Lyrics

Lyric discussion by imrazor 

Cover art for Smiler With Knife lyrics by Morrissey

I think the smiler is the singer's assailant. not the singer. There's a key line which gets hidden in semantic games - it should be read as "(I) surrender will (noun): I am before you" (so no, it's not a pun on a certain ex-rapper-turned-broadcaster!)