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Still Ill

I decree today that life
Is simply taking and not giving
England is mine and it owes me a living
Ask me why and I'll spit in your eye1
Ask me why and I'll spit in your eye
But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
No, we cannot cling to those dreams

Does the body rule the mind
Or does the mind rule the body?
I don't know..

Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips2
It just wasn't like the old dreams anymore
No, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill?
Am I still ill?

Does the body rule the mind
Or does the mind rule the body?
I don't know..

Ask me why and I'll die
Ask me why and I'll die
And if you must go to work tomorrow
Well, if I were you I wouldn't bother
For there are brighter sides to life
And I should know because I've seen them
But not often

Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old dreams anymore
No, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill?

Oh am I still ill?

This song features many topics of Morrissey's fundamental poetics: hate and love relationship with old-fashioned England, ironic hypocondria, statement of weird boredom, solid hostility towards work, lost nostalgia for gone loves and past times.

The references to his favourite literary works are keener than before:

1 'I'd sooner spit in everybody's eye' from Act III of The lion in love by Shelagh Delaney.

2 'We walked for miles right over the iron bridge and down underneath it on the towpath... We were kissing away and touching and getting really sore lips from biting one another' from Viv Nicholson's autobiography Spend, spend, spend.

During the 2006 tour, Morrissey sings "England's a swine" instead of "England is mine", perhaps manifesting his today's feelings toward his home nation.



Album: The Smiths
Year of Publication: 1984
Lyrics: Morrissey
Music: Johnny Marr

last update: 24.09.2009

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Ancora malato

Oggi io stabilisco che la vita
é semplicemente prendere senza dare
L'Inghilterra mi appartiene e mi deve una vita
Chiedimi perché e ti sputerò in un occhio
Chiedimi perché e ti sputerò in un occhio
Ma non possiamo più aggrapparci a vecchi sogni
No, non possiamo più aggrapparci a quei sogni

E' il corpo che comanda la mente
oppure è la mente che comanda il corpo?
Non lo so..

Sotto il ponte di ferro ci baciavamo
Ed anche se finivo con l'avere le labbra indolenzite
Non era più come ai vecchi tempi
No, non era più come allora
Sono ancora malato?
Sono ancora malato?

E' il corpo che comamda la mente
oppure è la mente che comanda il corpo?
Non lo so..

Chiedimi il perché ed io ne morirò
Chiedimi il perché ed io ne morirò
E se domani devi andare a lavorare
Beh, se io fossi in te non me ne preoccuperei
Perché ci sono cose più belle nella vita
Ed io dovrei saperlo dal momento che le ho viste
Ma non così spesso

Sotto il ponte di ferro ci baciavamo
Ed anche se finivo con l'avere le labbra indolenzite
Non era più come ai vecchi tempi
No, non era più come allora
Sono ancora malato?

Oh, sono ancora malato?

Questo testo contiene molti temi della poetica fondamentale di Morrissey: rapporto d'odio e amore per l'Inghilterra vecchia maniera, ipocondria ironica, dichiarazione di noia bizzarra, solida avversione per il lavoro, sentimenti nostalgici per gli amori perduti e per il tempo passato.

I riferimenti ai suoi lavori letterari preferiti diventano sempre più sottili:

1 'I'd sooner spit in everybody's eye' dall Atto III di The lion in love dell'autrice Shelagh Delaney.

2 'We walked for miles right over the iron bridge and down underneath it on the towpath... We were kissing away and touching and getting really sore lips from biting one another' dall'autobiografia dell'attrice Viv Nicholson Spend, spend, spend.

Durante il tour del 2006, Morrissey canta "England's a swine" ("l'Inghilterra è un porco") invece di "England is mine", forse manifestando i suoi sentimenti odierni verso la sua patria.



Album: The Smiths
Anno di pubblicazione: 1984
Testo: Morrissey
Musica: Johnny Marr

ultimo agg.: 24.09.2009

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