Mar. 18th, 2005

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    Mar. 18, 2005

     

     

     

    That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 


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    Park the car at the side of the road
    You should know
    Time's tide will smother you
    And I will too
    When you laugh about people who feel so
    Very lonely
    Their only desire is to die
    Well, I'm afraid
    It doesn't make me smile
    I wish I could laugh

    But that joke isn't funny anymore
    It's too close to home
    And it's too near the bone
    It's too close to home
    And it's too near the bone
    More than you'll ever know ...


    Kick them when they fall down
    Kick them when they fall down
    You kick them when they fall down
    Kick them when they fall down
    You kick them when they fall down
    Kick them when they fall down
    You kick them when they fall down
    Kick them when they fall down


    It was dark as I drove the point home
    And on cold leather seats
    Well, it suddenly struck me
    I just might die with a smile on my
    Face after all


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    And now it's happening in mine


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    And now it's happening in mine


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    And now it's happening in mine


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    And now it's happening in mine
    Oh ...


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    Oh ...
    And now it's happening in mine
    Happening in mine
    Happening in mine
    Happening in mine
    Happening in mine


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    Oh ...
    And now, now, now it's happening in mine
    (I've seen this happen)
    Happening in mine
    Oh... now, now


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    Oh ...
    And now it's happening in mine
    (Happen)
    Happening in mine
    Oh ...
    Happening in mine
    Happening in mine
    Happening in mine


    I've seen this happen in other people's
    Lives
    Oh ...
    And now, now, now it's happening in mine
    Happening in mine
    Mine, mine
    Happening in mine



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    A marvellous song with an excellent backwards guitar fade-out with
    the singer backing himself, endlessly repeating a plagiarised phrase.
    Its enigmatic sad lament, an inwards-looking reflection of his life
    as compared with the image he presents to the world, seems to point
    towards an urge to reveal his soul to the general public. Although
    repetition is a by-word in most of Morrissey's lyrics, this song is
    very noticeable for the build-up that the endless cycling of the same
    phrase creates. At times almost unbearably poignant, this song, as is
    par for the course, features a seemingly contradictory and ambiguous
    section.
    Exactly why does he feel he might die with a smile on his face ? Is
    it the implied sexual activity on the "cold leather seats" ? Or is he
    planning on taking someone with him to his grave as he crashes his
    car, James Dean style ?
    Can Morrissey be suggesting the irony of onlookers to his forthcoming
    funeral seeing his smiling corpse and wrongly assuming he has had a
    happy life ?
    David Amor gives a simpler explanation - the final verse as he "drove
    his point home" is followed by a victorious and celebratory finale,
    as, at last, it happens for him...
    This song was bizarrely released as a single, and its un-chartworthy
    nature was proven by The Smiths' second worst chart performance in
    the UK.
    There apparently are strong rumours that this song is about a
    journalist with whom Morrissey had a relationship. According to Dave
    Simpson in his Uncut article (August 1998), the unnamed journalist
    steadfastly refuses to discuss Morrissey to this day.

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