I created an account just to give my interpretation of this song.
Well, for me, Morrisey is imagining how everyone will react to his own death, like the record companies will celebrate that they have a dead star on their hands, the "sycophantic slags" will claim to have known him well, and all the sales will be soaring.
Then he goes on to re-examine his present life from a rather self-loathing point of view, like he was constantly being told to please everyone, and he repeats himself that it was his choice, he could have walked out if he had wanted to, so he has no excuse.
Also, for me, when we talks about touching someone at the soundcheck, I think it is literal, like he saw a person, a complete stranger, and he imagined he/she was exactly like him ("you are the same as I am"). And could have saved him, taking him away from all that life he dreaded so much, and he walked behind him/her, and hoped that somehow he/she would know, know what an agony he was living in. But as he/she did not notice, he interpreted it as another blow to his self-esteem, thinking "to you I was faceless I was fawning, I was boring" And then he goes home and tries to remain happy ("I danced my legs down to my knees") but he cant help thinking that himself and his "true love" would never meet again. Still he comfort himself by thinking that in his mind he/she will not be corrupted like he was by record companies and fame (we could assume the stranger was involved in the music business, given that he'd seen him/her at a soundcheck), "but they can never taint you in my eyes"
To him he/she will always be some undefiled version of himself.
Oh, that's interesting. I always thought the person he touched at the soundtrack was the dead star, and he was observing his/her death at the record company meeting while remembering their brief encounter.
Oh, that's interesting. I always thought the person he touched at the soundtrack was the dead star, and he was observing his/her death at the record company meeting while remembering their brief encounter.
I'm not sure which interpretation is right, but I like both a lot.
I'm not sure which interpretation is right, but I like both a lot.
I created an account just to give my interpretation of this song.
Well, for me, Morrisey is imagining how everyone will react to his own death, like the record companies will celebrate that they have a dead star on their hands, the "sycophantic slags" will claim to have known him well, and all the sales will be soaring.
Then he goes on to re-examine his present life from a rather self-loathing point of view, like he was constantly being told to please everyone, and he repeats himself that it was his choice, he could have walked out if he had wanted to, so he has no excuse.
Also, for me, when we talks about touching someone at the soundcheck, I think it is literal, like he saw a person, a complete stranger, and he imagined he/she was exactly like him ("you are the same as I am"). And could have saved him, taking him away from all that life he dreaded so much, and he walked behind him/her, and hoped that somehow he/she would know, know what an agony he was living in. But as he/she did not notice, he interpreted it as another blow to his self-esteem, thinking "to you I was faceless I was fawning, I was boring" And then he goes home and tries to remain happy ("I danced my legs down to my knees") but he cant help thinking that himself and his "true love" would never meet again. Still he comfort himself by thinking that in his mind he/she will not be corrupted like he was by record companies and fame (we could assume the stranger was involved in the music business, given that he'd seen him/her at a soundcheck), "but they can never taint you in my eyes" To him he/she will always be some undefiled version of himself.
Oh, that's interesting. I always thought the person he touched at the soundtrack was the dead star, and he was observing his/her death at the record company meeting while remembering their brief encounter.
Oh, that's interesting. I always thought the person he touched at the soundtrack was the dead star, and he was observing his/her death at the record company meeting while remembering their brief encounter.
I'm not sure which interpretation is right, but I like both a lot.
I'm not sure which interpretation is right, but I like both a lot.