None of the stuff in this song actually happens. There is no bride, no heartbreak, no hateful chides. Morrissey, as we all know, would never put himself into such a position. He is above such experiences. The very idea of Morrissey running to his mother, with the world crashing around his ears, because of a relationship, is patently ridiculous. He has issued himself against such pain. He had expressed this clearly in other songs. 'Enough said'.
He is not talking about his heartbreak, he is talking about ours. Relationships (he specifically describes a male-female relationship) are not for Morrissey because they are doomed to failure. The man, the groom, is a 'loud loutish lover'. For him, love is about sex. The woman is somehow sad, even on her wedding day. For her, love is about need and security. Their perspectives don't appear to mesh at all. Concessions will have to be made. Room will have to be given. Kindness will have to be remembered.
Morrissey dips his toe in. He imagines what the end of a short encounter might be like. It never really began because he cannot invest, emotionally. At the end, he is told, essentially, "you are are alone now and you always will be. There is nothing special about you". He describes the pain as being buried, invisible, forgotten. He wants to crystallize this pain, to own it, to ,be it, but he will never experience it. The very existence of this pain is the reason why he can never be loved. He is an artist, a reporter, and a reporter cannot get too involved in his story.
Morrissey is celebrating in his position - being removed from the realities of love and despair just enough to see them from above. From up there he can see the truth of the situation. Pain is beautiful. There is no art without pain.
Just want to say, that is 'insured', not 'issued', in the first paragraph. I have of course missed out the most pivotal line for my interpretation. "Love is natural and real, but not for such as you and I, my love". Who is 'you and I'? Reader and author. Both students of love, but not active participants (if we are following Morrissey's philosophy).
Just want to say, that is 'insured', not 'issued', in the first paragraph. I have of course missed out the most pivotal line for my interpretation. "Love is natural and real, but not for such as you and I, my love". Who is 'you and I'? Reader and author. Both students of love, but not active participants (if we are following Morrissey's philosophy).
None of the stuff in this song actually happens. There is no bride, no heartbreak, no hateful chides. Morrissey, as we all know, would never put himself into such a position. He is above such experiences. The very idea of Morrissey running to his mother, with the world crashing around his ears, because of a relationship, is patently ridiculous. He has issued himself against such pain. He had expressed this clearly in other songs. 'Enough said'.
He is not talking about his heartbreak, he is talking about ours. Relationships (he specifically describes a male-female relationship) are not for Morrissey because they are doomed to failure. The man, the groom, is a 'loud loutish lover'. For him, love is about sex. The woman is somehow sad, even on her wedding day. For her, love is about need and security. Their perspectives don't appear to mesh at all. Concessions will have to be made. Room will have to be given. Kindness will have to be remembered.
Morrissey dips his toe in. He imagines what the end of a short encounter might be like. It never really began because he cannot invest, emotionally. At the end, he is told, essentially, "you are are alone now and you always will be. There is nothing special about you". He describes the pain as being buried, invisible, forgotten. He wants to crystallize this pain, to own it, to ,be it, but he will never experience it. The very existence of this pain is the reason why he can never be loved. He is an artist, a reporter, and a reporter cannot get too involved in his story.
Morrissey is celebrating in his position - being removed from the realities of love and despair just enough to see them from above. From up there he can see the truth of the situation. Pain is beautiful. There is no art without pain.
Just want to say, that is 'insured', not 'issued', in the first paragraph. I have of course missed out the most pivotal line for my interpretation. "Love is natural and real, but not for such as you and I, my love". Who is 'you and I'? Reader and author. Both students of love, but not active participants (if we are following Morrissey's philosophy).
Just want to say, that is 'insured', not 'issued', in the first paragraph. I have of course missed out the most pivotal line for my interpretation. "Love is natural and real, but not for such as you and I, my love". Who is 'you and I'? Reader and author. Both students of love, but not active participants (if we are following Morrissey's philosophy).
@radioahead The song is very much about his desire for Wham's George Michael
@radioahead The song is very much about his desire for Wham's George Michael