I believe people evolve overtime. They don’t remain stagnant, which is much different than being consistent. I believe I have changed over time. My likes, my dislikes, my loves, my hates, my hopes, my attempts, my successes and my failures have all had many incarnations. As a fan of Billy Bragg since the eighties, I was pleasantly surprised at the mid nineties album, William Bloke. It seemed he was evolving at the same pace in his life as I was in my mind. It was such a mature album discussing many topics relating to marriage, fatherhood and growing older with grace. And it still included all of the realities that still beat your door with demands for answers on everything in life that’s conflicted.
It is interesting that this mid nineties period of time in my life is when I put my “words to live by” Morrissey to bed. It is ironic that this put me on the path of my most productive and successful run at life that is continuing today. I have said this theme before, if you hear enough negativity, you may just become negative. I think there is also a balance. On the “life and everything in it is horrible” cause, I can relate to the words being expressed either from a connection to the past or a current fleeting moment of insecurity that I feel is healthy to revisit periodically. It even gives me a chuckle, which makes me admire it for its cleverness. For me, its what lyrics (statements) do I want to manifest in my life and does that make me strive for better or drive me to a hopelessness that is unrelenting. You may not find a more “severe during a young age” fan than me. But I think overall and without context of outward life experiences, Morrissey has probably done more to drive the divested into oblivion. I regard Morrissey as someone who was extremely vital in keeping me company during unsure and desolate youthful times. He expressed that I was not alone and because of him, I guess I wasn’t. For that, he molded me into someone who is very aware of what is going on inside. That knowledge in life, around other people, is a very powerful thing to have and I think an advantage, if cultivated.
As someone who is very aware of what’s going on inside, I think some things in these songs are going on. Thank you Morrissey.
“I ought to leave
Enough hot water
For your morning bath
That I'd not thought I
Hate to hear you talk that way
But I can't bring myself to say I'm sorry
The past is always
Knocking incessant
Trying to break through
Into the present
We have to work to keep it out
And I won't be the first to shout
It's over
I used to want to plant bombs
The last night of the proms
But, now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
I steal a kiss from you
In the supermarket
I walk you down the aisle
You fill my basket
And through it all
The stick I take
Is worth it with the love we make
I used to want to plant bombs
At the last night of the proms
But now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
The baby and me
I stayed in bed
Alone uncertain
Then I met you
You drew the curtains
The sun came up
The trees began to sing
And light shone in on everything
I love you
The sun cam up
The trees began to sing
And Light shone in on everything
I love you”
“If I knew then that I would spend
The rest of my life with you
I imagine I would held your gaze
A little longer when first our eyes met”
“My son and I stand beneath the great night sky
And gaze up in wonder
I tell him the tale of Apollo and he says
"Why did they ever go?"
It may look like some empty gesture
To go all that way just to come back
But don't offer me a place out in cyberspace
'Cause where in the hell's that at?
It is interesting that this mid nineties period of time in my life is when I put my “words to live by” Morrissey to bed. It is ironic that this put me on the path of my most productive and successful run at life that is continuing today. I have said this theme before, if you hear enough negativity, you may just become negative. I think there is also a balance. On the “life and everything in it is horrible” cause, I can relate to the words being expressed either from a connection to the past or a current fleeting moment of insecurity that I feel is healthy to revisit periodically. It even gives me a chuckle, which makes me admire it for its cleverness. For me, its what lyrics (statements) do I want to manifest in my life and does that make me strive for better or drive me to a hopelessness that is unrelenting. You may not find a more “severe during a young age” fan than me. But I think overall and without context of outward life experiences, Morrissey has probably done more to drive the divested into oblivion. I regard Morrissey as someone who was extremely vital in keeping me company during unsure and desolate youthful times. He expressed that I was not alone and because of him, I guess I wasn’t. For that, he molded me into someone who is very aware of what is going on inside. That knowledge in life, around other people, is a very powerful thing to have and I think an advantage, if cultivated.
As someone who is very aware of what’s going on inside, I think some things in these songs are going on. Thank you Morrissey.
“I ought to leave
Enough hot water
For your morning bath
That I'd not thought I
Hate to hear you talk that way
But I can't bring myself to say I'm sorry
The past is always
Knocking incessant
Trying to break through
Into the present
We have to work to keep it out
And I won't be the first to shout
It's over
I used to want to plant bombs
The last night of the proms
But, now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
I steal a kiss from you
In the supermarket
I walk you down the aisle
You fill my basket
And through it all
The stick I take
Is worth it with the love we make
I used to want to plant bombs
At the last night of the proms
But now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
The baby and me
I stayed in bed
Alone uncertain
Then I met you
You drew the curtains
The sun came up
The trees began to sing
And light shone in on everything
I love you
The sun cam up
The trees began to sing
And Light shone in on everything
I love you”
“If I knew then that I would spend
The rest of my life with you
I imagine I would held your gaze
A little longer when first our eyes met”
“My son and I stand beneath the great night sky
And gaze up in wonder
I tell him the tale of Apollo and he says
"Why did they ever go?"
It may look like some empty gesture
To go all that way just to come back
But don't offer me a place out in cyberspace
'Cause where in the hell's that at?
