Lyrics for I Know It's Over as interpreted by weezerific:cutlery

I Know It's Over Lyrics
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
and as I climb into an empty bed
oh well, enough said
I know it's over still I cling
I don't know where else I can go, mother

Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
see, the sea wants to take me
the knife wants to slit me
do you think you can help me?

Sad veiled bride, please be happy
handsome groom, give her room
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
although she needs you more than she loves you

And I know it's over
still I cling
I don't know where else I can go
it's over, it's over, it's over

I know it's over
and it never really began
but in my heart it was so real
and you even spoke to me and said:

"If you're so funny
then why are you on your own tonight?
and if you're so clever
then why are you on your own tonight?
if you're so very entertaining
then why are you on your own tonight?
if you're so very good looking
why do you sleep alone tonight?
I know because tonight is just like any other night
that's why you're on your own tonight
with your triumphs and your charms
while they are in each other's arms"

It's so easy to laugh
it's so easy to hate
it takes strength to be gentle and kind
it's over, over, over

It's so easy to laugh
it's so easy to hate
it takes guts to be gentle and kind
it's over, over, over

Love is natural and real
but not for you, my love
not tonight my love
love is natural and real
but not for such as you and I, my love

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head

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Kez
05-27-2002

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loud loutish lover treat her kindly, though she needs you more than she loves you......when i hear him sing this song i just think, you need a big hug....

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butterflykiss84
05-29-2002

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I love this song - especially the bit 'If your so funny/clever/entertaining/good looking, then why are you on your own tonight' part. Pure brilliance :)

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catherineks
06-13-2002

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"i know it's over / and it never really began / but in my heart it was so real"

god, that hits home. these lyrics are incredible.

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Johnno
03-07-2003

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I like the lyric I know its over/ and it never really began/ but in my head it seemed so real these lyrics and the song got me through so much in the past few months :D

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SouthHibbing
04-21-2003

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Man, this song can get me through a lot too. It lets out all the emotion. Makes me cry EVERY time.
I too think the 'If your so funny/clever/entertaining/good looking, then why are you on your own tonight' part is the most true statement ever.
And the poignant bit is when the second guitar comes in I feel.

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acoustic
05-05-2003

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the saddest love song i have ever heard.

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ilan
06-08-2003

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That's how it goses to me:
The protagonist is regreting because his woman left him: the soil is falling over his head and he climbs to an empty bed, no one waits for him.
His ex lover is now marrying. She's sad veiled bride, who doesn't exactly love his groom, since she needs him more than she loves him. But, although she left him, the protagonist wants her to be happy and wants her husband to treat her well.
Now he creates a hypothetical character who reminds him: why are you on your own tonight if youre clever, good looking etc. Now, they're in each other's arms: the one he loves and her husband.
The next paragraph talks about the difficulty he has to remain gentle and kind with her and her husband because he's furious, so is much easier to laugh and hate.
Finally, it kindda confirms my interpretation, saying that her love is not natural and real, because she should love him, but is married with another man.

I hope you guys like my interpretion to this wonderful lyrics.

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this.charming.me
06-10-2003

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this is one of my all time favourite songs. it's so beautiful, it brings a tear to my eye.. :) gorgeous.

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mourningglory
07-03-2004

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A song about somebody who's heart has been broken. This person feels the world is over, and believes something must be wrong with his/her self because this person is not with him/her. One of the Smith's very best in my opinion. Effective lyrics and deeply sad melody.

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rachiekee
09-18-2004

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This song is atmospheric. "Oh mother... I can feel the soil falling over my head"- The tears start falling from thi spoint onwards. That opening line just explains the mood of the whole song. basically saying "I can feel myself being burried alive"

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z0MbiE
09-23-2004

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The only difference that we (morrissey and i) have is that hes gay,(and hes goodlooking,and good voice)
3 i guess
oh and hes from europe i think.

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little_arsonist
10-02-2004

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after reading a news ticker saying this was the saddest song, i found it. it's such a beautiful song, making me cry all the time. it's how i discovered the Smiths. :)

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Jemaeux
10-10-2004

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zombie, you're a fool. There are many differences between you and morrissey, most notably, he doesn't compare himself to people who are infinitely superior in ever way. He's not gay and he's "from europe you think?!" He's British. Ever heard of England? (And he's from Manchester, Not London)

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Jeremy Clemmons
10-15-2004

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I am an avid Smiths fan and would like to offer a analytical interpretation of Morrissey's masterpiece. In an earlier comment by Ilian he states, "The protagonist is regreting because his woman left him..." I am not going to destroy Ilian's interpretation but point out that this statement is pure rejection of Morrissey's state of sexuality. Notcing that Morissey makes no reference to a oarticular gender, it is important we interpret this as intentional and that this song is not focused on particular instantces or recollection. Surely his claim to his mother might be better interpreted of the failure of love to be propoerly defined. The relationship is certianly not a particular, as I mentioned, but fictious and servign to develop Morrisey's points.

"Sad veiled bride, please be happy
handsome groom, give her room
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
although she needs you more than she loves you "

No, this doesnt have to do with Morrissey's lost love marrying or whatever. The anonymous singer speaks of the true nature of relationships limiting it to pure serendepity. In other words, the need for somebody often shall override the lust and desire of a relationship. Also the loud luscious lover is sexual implication of the male that must be tamed in order to prevent disaster. The singer then tells of particular dialogue but it is important to see that this is not actuall events but pruposeful progression towards the finale. The significant other tears apart the singer's qualities stating that after somebody is stripped of such qualities only "triumphs and charms" remain, grasping for survival and they certainly cannot be removed. The singer then exclaims that its easy to perform general emotional qualities , but true lacking is often that of gentleness and kindness that are held only by relentless strength. Then the singer proudly claims elitismwhich is exuded throughout the song claiming that the other person has failed to recognize love. The statement about tonight is the most interesting because it leads to a possible reconcile but the next line scratches such a thought explaining that coesitence thorugh love between the two of them is impossible. Their love is tarnished by the others inability to comprehend love. Morisseys ends with the opening line which now becomes apparent that the singers pain and agony is stemmed by "others" failure to fully realize love. The fictious bed morissey has created might never be occupied with anybody other than the singer.

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rise_from_ruin
10-16-2004

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this song was written for me.

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Aurora2
10-27-2004

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It's about an imagined relationship. The protagonist never really had a real relationship with the bride. But it hurts that she is marrying someone else just the same because he cannot live in hope anymore.

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catherineks
11-02-2004

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two years after my previous post, this song still hits disturbingly close to home.
i hate this.
(love the song)

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SwedishFish
11-15-2004

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This song is about a man who has lived a life of hollow relationships. He's with someone for awhile and then they're gone and he's alone again. Love doesn't exist. I draw a parallel to a song off of Morrissey's new album. The lyric "[Jesus] why do you give me so much love, when there's no one i can turn to to unlock all this love?"

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tallulat
01-05-2005

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This song is Beautiful despair that has kept me comfort many times and made me cry even more. When he sings thesea wants to claim me... knife wants to slit me its just a heatbreaking description of what suicidal thoughts feel like, drawn to death because of the werainess of life...sad beyond words in the language.

The sad veiled bride is not to my mind the ex lover of the protaganist (Morrissey I assume) he is noting that even this bride is sad, and thus those who are getting married are sometimes in fact oftentimes just as neglected and desperately unhappy as he is being alone and rejected all the time.

Love is natural and real but not for you and I my love... he feels kinship with this bride because even though she has someone, she's had to compromise her standards and her true joy in order to not be alone.

I can't see that the bride is anything other that a point at which Morrissey compares his fate to those that are coupled and sees that sometimes for some people love just doesn't exist or work and never will and perhaps it is our own characteristics that make love unattainable.

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sweetlouise
01-06-2005

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Who hasn't felt this way before?

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jenniferlind
01-08-2005

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Hits home.

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Marrissey
01-12-2005

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The song is about someone who has never loved and never been in a relationship. He feels the soil falling over his head because he might as well be dead with a loveless existence stretching out before him, and appeals to his mother as the only female figure of importance in his life. The "sad veiled bride" section refers to his jealousy of others ("loud loutish lovers" even), whom he presumably feels he is emotionally superior to and more deserving than, however it is these less pleasant male figures that end up with a woman. "It never really began, but in my heart, it was so real" is referring to his imagination, his hopes, his dreams, none of which have or will ever come true.

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Rocklovinggirl
03-27-2005

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he must have felt sad or just really creative when he wrote this.
this person in the song sounds like he could commit suicide...
depressing but good song.

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richeye
04-09-2005

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This is where Morrissey's at his best - when he's speaking about loneliness and the desire to love and be loved. People talk about his wit, but, like he says:
"It's easy to laugh/ It's easy to hate/ It takes guts to be gentle and kind". So true - it's a shame so many people choose to do the former two.

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xod
04-12-2005

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What other song captures the suffocating, buried-alive feeling of extreme heartbeak? So powerful!

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