The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

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  My Interpretation:To me, this songs sounds as if it was about someone who always gives cheap excuses for being late with his partner. Something like.
  
  Person A: "Why are you so late? We were supposed to meet at 7 and it's 8 o'clock already."
  Person B: "I'm sorry, I was delayed. I crashed down on the crossbar and the pain was enough to make a shy, bald, buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder but that won't happen ever again."
  
  "Who said I lied?" Person B thinks, clearly denying he lied and keeps lying when he says he never lies. The only time he's being honest is when he says he still loves his partner but "only slightly less than he used to".
  
  It's such a funny and catchy song. I've been singing it for days now. Moz' voice here is to die for.

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  General Comment:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex-girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, whist going through a rough patch, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the lies where told on which are innocent things maliciously altered or maybe just not true. He drinks.
  The person telling lies is a mutual “friend” the mutual friend then becomes her lover after breaking the relationship. He sees them together and realises what has happened perhaps in the local pub, while drunk causes a scene, they fight and he gets beaten up.
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. There is certainly a malicious element.
  

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    How many times did you post this?!

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  General Comment:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex-girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, whist going through a rough patch, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the lies where told on which are innocent things maliciously altered or maybe just not true. He drinks.
  The person telling lies is a mutual “friend” the mutual friend then becomes her lover after breaking the relationship. He sees them together and realises what has happened perhaps in the local pub, while drunk causes a scene, they fight and he gets beaten up.
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. There is certainly a malicious element.
  

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  General Comment:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex-girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, whist going through a rough patch, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the lies where told on which are innocent things maliciously altered or maybe just not true. He drinks.
  The person telling lies is a mutual “friend” the mutual friend then becomes her lover after breaking the relationship. He sees them together and realises what has happened perhaps in the local pub, while drunk causes a scene, they fight and he gets beaten up.
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. There is certainly a malicious element.
  

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  General Comment:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex-girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, whist going through a rough patch, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the lies where told on which are innocent things maliciously altered or maybe just not true. He drinks.
  The person telling lies is a mutual “friend” the mutual friend then becomes her lover after breaking the relationship. He sees them together and realises what has happened perhaps in the local pub, while drunk causes a scene, they fight and he gets beaten up.
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. There is certainly a malicious element.
  

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  General Comment:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex-girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, whist going through a rough patch, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the lies where told on which are innocent things maliciously altered or maybe just not true. He drinks.
  The person telling lies is a mutual “friend” the mutual friend then becomes her lover after breaking the relationship. He sees them together and realises what has happened perhaps in the local pub, while drunk causes a scene, they fight and he gets beaten up.
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. There is certainly a malicious element.
  

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  General Comment:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex-girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, whist going through a rough patch, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the lies where told on which are innocent things maliciously altered or maybe just not true. He drinks.
  The person telling lies is a mutual “friend” the mutual friend then becomes her lover after breaking the relationship. He sees them together and realises what has happened perhaps in the local pub, while drunk causes a scene, they fight and he gets beaten up.
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. There is certainly a malicious element.
  

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  General Comment:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex-girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, whist going through a rough patch, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the lies where told on which are innocent things maliciously altered or maybe just not true. He drinks.
  The person telling lies is a mutual “friend” the mutual friend then becomes her lover after breaking the relationship. He sees them together and realises what has happened perhaps in the local pub, while drunk causes a scene, they fight and he gets beaten up.
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. There is certainly a malicious element.
  

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    Yes, that's pretty much how I perceived it... I once had a girl, that forced me to be the envy of many, and people told blatant LIES about me, and sometimes her, to try to force the breakup. All malicious intent.
    
    The 'stop me' part, was likely the painful outpouring he had due to this, and thus, he knew many had cried these feelings / words before, from many people.
    
    The injury stuff, I'm not yet decided on, but the drinking part goes hand-in-hand with feeling this way.
    
    Like the Great Bob Marley once said... no woman, no cry. Took me 24yrs to figure that out.
    
    I give this song 9/10.

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  Song Meaning:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the tales where told on. Innocent things maliciously altered??? He drinks, she finds someone new. He gets beaten up in a drunken state, perhaps making a bit of a scene in the pub in which the new couple are in. Possibility involving the source of the tales???
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. Theres certainly a malicious element.
  
  

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  Song Meaning:To me it's a relationship break down, the ex girlfriend has been told tales which inevitably ended the relationship, the man finds himself making unreasonable excuses for things that the tales where told on. Innocent things maliciously altered??? He drinks, she finds someone new. He gets beaten up in a drunken state, perhaps making a bit of a scene in the pub in which the new couple are in. Possibility involving the source of the tales???
  
  I love his song, it's very dark. Theres certainly a malicious element.
  
  

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