Lovely song. From what I recall, this was Morrissey's answer to a fan letter or someone who attended one of his concerts and asked him to marry them. I cant remember exactly whether it was the former or latter.
Wonderful track, sweeping and dramatic - you can see his standing alone on a clifftop, nothing for miles. He wanted the sounds of children playing and you can hear Stephen Street's wife calling "Steven" - presumably this was to emphasise the feeling of separation and distance from normal society. The first verse seems like a fairly straightforward proposal refusal. The second verse is interesting as it seems like he is talking to himself For whether you stay Or you stray An inbuilt guilt That catches up with you And as it comes around to your place At 5 a.m. wakes you up And it laughs in your face I'm not sure what the in-built guilt is - is it sexual repression? Or maybe a guilt that he is unable to have a relationship and be like the rest of society? There's resignation and it would seems some frustration at his seemingly self-imposed celibacy/loneliness. It's certainly intriguing and adds to the myth of Morrissey as the lonely unlovable outsider.
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Glad to hear this one wow. Still on the first album cannot wait for the next one kill Uncle keep up the good work love you
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Lovely song. From what I recall, this was Morrissey's answer to a fan letter or someone who attended one of his concerts and asked him to marry them. I cant remember exactly whether it was the former or latter.
Wonderful track, sweeping and dramatic - you can see his standing alone on a clifftop, nothing for miles. He wanted the sounds of children playing and you can hear Stephen Street's wife calling "Steven" - presumably this was to emphasise the feeling of separation and distance from normal society. The first verse seems like a fairly straightforward proposal refusal. The second verse is interesting as it seems like he is talking to himself
For whether you stay
Or you stray
An inbuilt guilt
That catches up with you
And as it comes around to your place
At 5 a.m. wakes you up
And it laughs in your face
I'm not sure what the in-built guilt is - is it sexual repression? Or maybe a guilt that he is unable to have a relationship and be like the rest of society? There's resignation and it would seems some frustration at his seemingly self-imposed celibacy/loneliness. It's certainly intriguing and adds to the myth of Morrissey as the lonely unlovable outsider.
The song is that combination where if anything was missing the magic would faulter. As is a favorite song
Right, you remind me of that line from Amadeus, "If you were to change but one note, there would be diminishment."