The lyrics are a powerful contrast between images of violence (car accidents, beatings, going to the hospital, so much pain Buddhist monks would want to kill people) and the love that remains unchanged despite vague allegations of lies and other trust issues not elaborated on….The singer’s loyalty to another person cannot be questioned despite the torture he has endured is one interpretation.
The music is wrapped up in the beginning of the song where it rises to a false beginning than rises again….Everything about this quickly builds a tension that is partially released once Morrissey starts singing the name of the song….I find the music and melody of this song complex and interesting….I was just noticing how the beginning of LOOMER of My Bloody Valentine copies the beginning riffs.
There is such a grand sense of promise in this song….It portends something of great import before it happens and while you are listening to it and in the middle when the opening riff comes back again it is almost like a breather, a break for the listener to collect their thoughts.
This just provides more evidence that Johnny Marr was in many ways the secret weapon of The Smiths….His melodies and unique guitar tunings and song arrangements made Morrissey interesting although I find what Moz has got to say interesting enough on its own….This song also contains one of Marr’s few genuine guitar solos.
Here’s the song….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btOyj3qM_Dk
and here’s the original cover for the single when it was released….
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