Lyrics for Jack The Ripper as interpreted by Brandnizzle2k4

Jack The Ripper Lyrics
Oh, you look so tired
Mouth slack and wide
Ill-housed and ill-advised
Your face is as mean
As your life has been

Crash into my arms
I WANT YOU
You don't agree -
But you don't refuse
I know you


And I know a place
Where no one is likely to pass
Oh, you don't care if it's late
And you don't care if you're lost
And oh, you look so tired
(But tonight you presume too much)
Too much, too much
And if it's the last
Thing I ever do
I'M GONNA GET YOU


Crash into my arms
I WANT YOU
You don't agree -
But you don't refuse
I know you


Crash into my arms
I WANT YOU
You don't agree -
But you don't refuse
I know you
Oh ...

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InaHailofBullets__X
12-28-2005

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just thought i'd let u guys know i gots this on 45 vinyl and its crystal clear

also angus young is the guitarist for ACDC check

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InaHailofBullets__X
12-28-2005

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just thought i'd let u guys know i gots this on 45 vinyl and its crystal clear

also angus young is the guitarist for ACDC check

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DrOwNiNg_LeSsOnS13
01-01-2006

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this is a great song and i have it playing in the background of my myspace.......

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acey_loves_mcr
01-13-2006

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i love this song.

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benisascientist
01-14-2006

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Morrissey Covers. Are Uber Good When Its Done Well. And They Do It Well.

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beautiful_qtip
02-03-2006

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As much as I *love* MCR to tiny little pieces, I don't really like their cover of this song.
It's meant to be quiet-creepy, not loud-creepy and all...^^;...but, I still love 'em.
Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists) does an *awesome* job covering this, 'tho.

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CoinXOperatedXGirl
03-06-2006

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cutie_star is right, this song is obviously, from the title, about 'Jack the Ripper' a famous murderer in the 19th century. He killed prostitutes v brutally and practically slaughtered them to death. The song is explaining how Jack the Ripper lured his victims and killed them. Love this song, yes, it MAY be a tad more dark than the others, but it's fucking awesome, i love it.

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myxchemicalxromance
03-26-2006

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by GeraldWayObsessed on 03-03-2005 @ 01:33:19 AM
i agree that i want to do it with Gerald

HAHA you crack me up at every board I go in to

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RyneRevenge
04-08-2006

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this song is awesome! yeah mine isnt too clear either... but its still great. oh and last time i checked, GeraldWayObsessed... his name is Gerard...
not to be a bitch or anything

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RyneRevenge
04-09-2006

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GeraldWayObsessed, oh sorry, i saw that you changed your name. god im so sorry for bitching at you!!!!!!!

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omgitsadiaz
04-13-2006

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One thing you have to know about Jack the Ripper is that he was incapable of having sex with anyone, and as a result, hated women and everything they represented. He had a penis deformity and an insatiable appetite for destruction. He would kill prostitutes by slashing their throats from behind, and eventually started mutilating them afterwards. He would then draw pictures and paintings based on those murders and send letters to the police, all postmarked from different places in Europe. He was known to travel far and wide, but because the envelopes were coming from all across the continent, the police dismissed them. He was able to write in many different handwritings, and was an actor before he became an artist and killer. He was able to dress up very well, ranging from a police officer to a soldier in the British Navy, allowing him to slip around undetectable. Albeit a disgusting, vile killer, he was a genius, and didn't get caught. It wasn't until quite recently that his identity was discovered to be the Walter Richard Sickert. For more information, read Patricia Cornwell's new book "Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed"

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B12
04-14-2006

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that was very insightful, thank you for the information.

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themuffinmankills
04-23-2006

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love the name of the song!
jack the the ripper haunts down the hopeless
tehe
scarily enought it reminds me of the guy i fancy
random

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meridell5
05-05-2006

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Hmm, I've got another version of a song called 'Jack the Ripper'. It's definitely MCR and it's live, but the lyrics are not these ones..?

Can anyone help? And does anyone here know where you can find a good version of this song? Thanks!

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A Red Hotel
05-24-2006

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uhh limewire?

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MCRisMYterapia
05-28-2006

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I love this f-ing song, point blank.

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thepatient666
09-25-2006

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I know I'll get slated for this, but this is one of the rare times that a Morrissey song is covered and is better than the original.

I'm a huge fan of both MCR and M, but I feel this song, the lyrics and all round feel of the song is suited better to the passion MCR put into it. The original is good, there's no debating that, but I think this one is better.

As for the meaning, it's pretty self explanitory.

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LifesTwist210
09-30-2006

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This was originally sung by Morrissey. True background story to the song - Jack the Ripper was a man in the 20th century who went around murdering prostitutes. Nobody knows the real reason why but many theories have been thrown around. "Oh, you look so tired/Mouth slack and wide/Ill-housed and ill-advised/Your face is as mean/As your life has been". Describing the prostitute and her hard life, whatever it was it's driven her to prostitution. "Crash into my arms/I want you/You don't agree/But you don't refuse/I know you." She doesn't agree or refuse, she doesn't really want to but she has to. The "I want you" part is possibly more sinister than it seems. I don't know about "I know you." Maybe he thinks he's inside their heads. "And I know a place/Where no one is likely to pass/Oh, you don't care if it's late/And you don't care if you're lost/And oh, you look so tired." Gonna fuck her. He's telling her he knows a place they can go (duh). "You look so tired" -- he's sympathizing with her, making her think he's not out to get her. "(But tonight you presume too much)/Too much, too much/And if it's the last/Thing I ever do/I'm gonna get you." He's gonna kill her and she doesn't know it. He is determined.

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~Mink~
10-04-2006

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yeah, thepatient666, how do you know what i want to say ;-) i listened to the original and i think the way mcr play this song (fast, rough) fits better. morrissey makes it sound too harmonic i think...

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thepatient666
10-07-2006

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Exactly. Without the passion MCr put into it, it sounds like M. is reading a poem aloud which (to me) doesn't suit the song.

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Peemo
10-15-2006

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i cant make out a thing they say in this song, and the vocals sound terrible, the guitars great though.
is it possible i have the live version?

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killing-lights
10-21-2006

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i thought this was an afi song!

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~Mink~
10-29-2006

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lol

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IF_ing love MCR
01-17-2007

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This is about Jack the Ripper. If you're not familar with him, He was a killer in London "I belive" who killed women. He was never caught, but Lewis Carrol, The writer of Alice in WonderLand " WICH IS NOT ABOUT DRUG USE!.." Was accused of being Jack the Ripper but of course he was never found Guilty.

p.s MCR IS FRIKIN AWESOME AND I LOVE THEM!!! tehe...

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Your_Hand_In_Mine
02-05-2007

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Lewis Carrol was accused of being Jack the Ripper? That's awesome.

Anyways, I absolutely love this song, and when I found out that it was actually a Morrisey cover I fell in love with it all over again. It is crazy good, and I wish that they still played it, because I would absolutely love to see it live.

This song is obviously about Jack the Ripper, but every time I listen to it it makes me thing it's just about rape.

Mainly the chorus, but maybe that;s just because it sounds so angry.

Love it, love it, love it.

And remember, you cannot rape the willing.

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