I will attempt to refrain from an excessively elaborate comment given that all interpretations thus far are both insightful and well-grounded, but I was just wondering whether anyone had considered allusion to the struggle of mental illness? It goes without saying that I'm not presuming that Morrissey suffered from a psychological condition but I cannot help but relate the song, most notably the lyrics: 'Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body' to my own battles with chronic Anorexia Nervosa. Of course this is very much a personal and arguably more of a superficial interpretation than many of the above analyses concerning social and economic concepts; but my adoration of the Smiths is not only founded on their unique sound but in the beauty of Morrissey's lyricism: I find that each song can resonate with an aspect of my life. Perhaps the obliqueness and ambiguity of the words was intended to render songs such as Still Ill with something that we can each relate to some degree, even in this day and age - transforming minorities into majorities by nourishing us with the sense that none of us are alone after all.
I will attempt to refrain from an excessively elaborate comment given that all interpretations thus far are both insightful and well-grounded, but I was just wondering whether anyone had considered allusion to the struggle of mental illness? It goes without saying that I'm not presuming that Morrissey suffered from a psychological condition but I cannot help but relate the song, most notably the lyrics: 'Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body' to my own battles with chronic Anorexia Nervosa. Of course this is very much a personal and arguably more of a superficial interpretation than many of the above analyses concerning social and economic concepts; but my adoration of the Smiths is not only founded on their unique sound but in the beauty of Morrissey's lyricism: I find that each song can resonate with an aspect of my life. Perhaps the obliqueness and ambiguity of the words was intended to render songs such as Still Ill with something that we can each relate to some degree, even in this day and age - transforming minorities into majorities by nourishing us with the sense that none of us are alone after all.