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Feb. 27th, 2008 | 06:22 pm
music: America Is Not the World- Morrissey
So i was listening to the Morrissey station on Pandora today, and I came across a song I hadn't heard in a long time.
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So as I listened to this song, it really hit home with a lot of feelings I have been going through for the last two years or so.
Morrissey is awesome like that. I had a conversation with a co-worker about him (Trent Reznor was thrown in too) speaking for how I've felt for some time now. We were in agreement about his musical genius and contributions to the betterment of music as a whole. It's weird that his music is so melancholy, but positively so. I don't feel bad after listening to a Morrissey album. I always have this grand catharsis, and I actually feel a bit more content, like I've gone through some therapy session or something.
I don't usually post lyrics, but here they are. The third verse is the nail-on-the-head moment for me.
This whole album...
If anyone wants it, just hit me up and I can zip file it to you.
-Leon
zShare link, because I care.
So as I listened to this song, it really hit home with a lot of feelings I have been going through for the last two years or so.
Morrissey is awesome like that. I had a conversation with a co-worker about him (Trent Reznor was thrown in too) speaking for how I've felt for some time now. We were in agreement about his musical genius and contributions to the betterment of music as a whole. It's weird that his music is so melancholy, but positively so. I don't feel bad after listening to a Morrissey album. I always have this grand catharsis, and I actually feel a bit more content, like I've gone through some therapy session or something.
I don't usually post lyrics, but here they are. The third verse is the nail-on-the-head moment for me.
Sorry for the lame emo bolding of words, but it's just for emphasis of my point of the lyrical significance.
I Have Forgiven Jesus- Morrissey
I was a good kid
I wouldn't do you no harm
I was a nice kid
With a nice paper-round
Forgive me any pain
I may have brung to you
With God's help I know
I'll always be near to you
But Jesus hurt me
When he deserted me, but
I have forgiven Jesus
For all the desire
He placed in me when there's nothing I can do
With this desire
I was a good kid
Through hail and snow I'd go
Just to moon you
I carried my heart in my hand
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
But Jesus hurt me
When he deserted me, but
I have forgiven Jesus
For all of the love
He placed in me
When there's no-one I can turn to with this love
Monday - humiliation
Tuesday - suffocation
Wednesday - condescension
Thursday - is pathetic
By Friday life has killed me
By Friday life has killed me
(Oh pretty one, Oh pretty one)
Why did you give me
So much desire?
When there is nowhere I can go
To offload this desire
And why did you give me
So much love
In a loveless world
When there's no one I can turn to
To unlock all this love
And why did you stick me in
Self-deprecating bones and skin
Jesus - do you hate me?
Why did you stick me in
Self-deprecating bones and skin
Do you hate me? do you hate me?
Do you hate me? do you hate me?
Do you hate me?
I Have Forgiven Jesus- Morrissey
I was a good kid
I wouldn't do you no harm
I was a nice kid
With a nice paper-round
Forgive me any pain
I may have brung to you
With God's help I know
I'll always be near to you
But Jesus hurt me
When he deserted me, but
I have forgiven Jesus
For all the desire
He placed in me when there's nothing I can do
With this desire
I was a good kid
Through hail and snow I'd go
Just to moon you
I carried my heart in my hand
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
But Jesus hurt me
When he deserted me, but
I have forgiven Jesus
For all of the love
He placed in me
When there's no-one I can turn to with this love
Monday - humiliation
Tuesday - suffocation
Wednesday - condescension
Thursday - is pathetic
By Friday life has killed me
By Friday life has killed me
(Oh pretty one, Oh pretty one)
Why did you give me
So much desire?
When there is nowhere I can go
To offload this desire
And why did you give me
So much love
In a loveless world
When there's no one I can turn to
To unlock all this love
And why did you stick me in
Self-deprecating bones and skin
Jesus - do you hate me?
Why did you stick me in
Self-deprecating bones and skin
Do you hate me? do you hate me?
Do you hate me? do you hate me?
Do you hate me?
This whole album...
If anyone wants it, just hit me up and I can zip file it to you.
-Leon