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Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This O... Lyrics
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before

Nothing's changed, I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

I was delayed, I was way-laid
An emergency stop, I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
And the pain was enough to make
A shy, bald, Buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder
Who said lied I'd to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied because I never? I never!
Who said I'd lied because I never?

I was detained, I was restrained
And broke my spleen and broke my knee
And then he really laced into me
Friday night in out-patients
Who said I'd lied to her?
Oh, who said I'd lied because I never, I never
Who said I'd lied because I never?

Oh, so I drank one, it became four
And when I fell on the floor, I drank more

Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before
Stop me, oh, stop me
Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before

Nothing's changed, I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

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SirThoreth
06-04-2003

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What, no comments on this one? Personally, it's always been one of my favorites. "No, honey, I wasn't at the pub. No, really. Why are you looking at me like that? I really wasn't this time..." :)

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smithskid84
11-01-2004

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Yes, yes, there is certainly the hint of someone with a drinking problem. Who apparently is a fighting drunk on top of that. However, the "nothing's changed..." section add a bit more depth. It would seem that our drunk is drinking his way through sadness dealing with his relationship...did she cheat on him? Perhaps the other way around? Either way, he constantly assures her that his drinking and fighting has nothing to do with her, once his "I was delayed" excuse is found wanting.

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tallulat
01-15-2005

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It's about a pathological liar to me, someone who can't stop lying and creating excuses and so ends up in trouble and trys to dig himself out by blaming other people for telling lies on him. who says I lied because I never... I love it because Morrissey sounds like a little kid when he's saying that he phrases it like a child would Top notch stuff

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tps12
03-11-2005

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You guys are crazy. The song is from the POV of an abused spouse. "Her" is a doctor or nurse at the hospital, to whom the singer is lying about the source of the injuries.

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Boss Man
07-19-2005

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It sounds more like the first comment to me. Somebody who's late, coming up with evermore absurd excuses.

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delial
07-26-2005

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one of the most played songs on my iPod. definitely one of my favorites of theirs.

"who said I'd lied to her?!
oh, who said I'd lied? because I never, I never!
who said I'd lied? because I never!
so I drank one - it became four
and when I fell on the floor, I drank more..."

to me, this and the chorus sound more like it's saying everyone is getting the idea the he doesn't care at all about the girl he's with, and he's so frustrated about that because it's WRONG, he does love her, but all of the crap happening is making him feel alienated ("I still love you, oh I still love you -- only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love,")so he tries drowning it all out by getting plastered.

ok, so not the best solution in the world, but I can identify... =P

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Elly Higginbottom
09-19-2005

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"only slightly less than i used to..." is great. I feel like that line is a kind of internal afterthought while he's apologising, and trying to cover up.

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Elly Higginbottom
09-19-2005

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wow, its 6:00am in america

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CharmingMan
11-04-2005

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I agree with tps12 on this one - its a victim of domestioc violence struggling to deal with the violence - making excuses in the hospital.

The thing however best about this song is the line:

I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
And the pain was enough to make
A shy, bald, buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder

quite brilliant ! only morrissey could decribe pain in such a way.

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Birdy
12-04-2005

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I love this song becuse it follows the state of mind of this guy who's turned up drunk in the middle of the night at his girlfriend's house so accurately. He knows he's in the wrong but he's desprately trying to convince himself that it's justified.

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RdeC
12-11-2005

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"the pain was enough to make
A shy, bald, buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder"

Brilliant line, I agree CharmingMan.

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mozza_fan
12-17-2005

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It's about the illogical love that lies within violent relationships. The guy beats her everytime he gets drunk and she ends up in hospital with him over and over again, lying to the doctors but she doesn't stop loving him. She loves him 'only slightly less' than she used to.
I love the school-boyish 'Who said I lied because I never, I never'. It adds a real picture of the immature and selfish bastard who's hitting his wife/girlfriend.
Morrissey is a notorious feminist and this song was written as an encouragement to stand up for yourself and report domestic violence.
It was originally meant to be released as a single from Strangeways, Here We Come but, nastily, its due release date was close to an actual mass shooting and the contents were deemed unsuitable for release (due to the fantastically funny and realised Buddhist bit). Girlfriend In A Coma replaced it as the single and also hints at domestic violence and love for a person despite their flaws.

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marquicerise
12-28-2005

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"Stop Me If You've Heard It"

-Short story by Noel Coward.

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This Charming Man
01-22-2006

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I can easily say that this is one of my favourite songs.

As most people have pointed out, it's probably about a jerk-off drunk who is trying to convince his [girlfriend/wife] of mabye a certian siutation, that he's told this story far too many times before, as if he goes to a pub every night and comes home late and drunk and sometimes passes out, or hurts himself.

As far as the "Nothing's changed.." lines, I'm guessing its Morrissey [if he's writing this in his point of view] convincing the girl/guy[?] to just move on as if nothing has happened, and that even though he still loves her, he probably loves getting wasted more.

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ringroad29
01-24-2006

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how amazingly genius

Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
...Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my love

nothings changed but it has because he dosnt love her as much as he did lol oh gosh morrissey hay

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hippomaiden
05-16-2006

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tps12, CharmingMan, RdeC- agreed.

marvellous song

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x_truffles_x
11-02-2006

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I'm in two minds about this song. It could be from either the perspective of the drunken male in a relationship or the abused female.

It could be that this is a boyfriend/husband who gets into fights or beats people up (perhaps even his partner) as previously suggested and is trying to convince her that he does still love her despite this.

Or equally it could be the story of a woman who is physically abused in her relationship, this would better explain the feelings of pain. It would also make sense in this situation that the pain she feels is emotional as well as physical. She still loves him, but is hurt ('only slightly less than I used to') and is lying to her freidns/family/doctors/nurses/whoever about where her injuries came from.

It could be deliberate that Morrisey has told the tale of this couple in such a way that it could be interpreted to be from either angle in order to show that they both have equal love for each other, yet they also each feel the pain from their circumstances and it is not one sided.

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x_truffles_x
11-02-2006

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Just thought that it was interesting enough to point out thast everyone (including me) has assumed that the abusive partner is male and that the abused is female...

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Lithglin
12-14-2006

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I think it's about a person who lost interest in his partner, and doesn't fulfils his part in the relationship. To excuse himself, he keeps making absurd excuses and continuosly lying to her; and to himself, like in "nothing's changed, I still love you, ...only slightly less than I used to, my love". Probably this is him trying to deny that he doesn't love her anymore (at least not like before), holding on to her, although it's not that way. Making the same excuses, now to himself.
The bit about the drinking could be about the person starting to realize that the relationship cannot last any longer this way, and so depressing because he can't see his life without her (even though only because he's used to the life this way).

In short, about a relationship dying and being afraid to assume it.

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Lithglin
12-14-2006

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Hmm, sorry, I left out the title (well, the most important part, ...details...). Maybe it's about repenting for a moment for the repeating lies and asking her girlfriend to not let him keep lying.
By the way, I hope I didn't make any big mistakes, if so, please excuse my poor english.

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BigNothing
02-18-2007

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This is actually one of my least favorite Smith songs because it just sounds too downbeat and I don't like the chorus.

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_ellie
03-17-2007

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Mark Ronson - producer, covered 'Just' very funked up - has just covered this. It's not Morrissey, sounds much more soully, but the vocals are still plaintive & indignant.

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circuitboardcity
03-30-2007

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I just heard the Mark Ronson cover, it's alright but I prefer this version. I like the way Morrissey repeats different lines at random. I think it's about someone getting involved in a fight whilst drunk, after telling their partner they wouldn't drink again, hence the "lying" bit. But I'm not sure...

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brumsteph
04-17-2007

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to me it sounds like a car crash-the result of drink driving perhaps (one drink became 4 etc)

'emergency stop', 'crashed down on the crossbar',and the many references to pain suggest crashing.

perhaps he was an unreliable husband and his wife, finally having enough of his drinking and bad excuses/lies for lateness etc (stop me if you think you've heard this one before, who said i lied etc), decided his failure to arrive home on time was the final straw in a long list of grievances and left him, except ironically this time he had an excuse for not showing up- he was in an accident and possibly charged with drink driving (i was detained, restrained.)
perhaps he feels guilty for his bad behaviour and wants his wife to know he still loves her, only slightly less than he used to, because she left him when he needed her most.

i can't get on with the domestic abuse definition, the song doesn't sound like its sung from a females point of view.

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TheDirge
07-17-2007

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I wonder how many of the kiddies will say 'have you heard this new great song?' by Mark Ronson - 'oh he is such a talented and gorgeous man!' And even when their Dad's hold up the Strangeways album to their faces they still would not believe its a cover!! - gotta luvit! - great song from that quirky sad beast.. M

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