Best Morrissey lyric on the fragility of life?

[Angel_Gone_Down]

Sing your life


"And make no mistake, my friend
Your pointless life will end"

 

[joe frady]

In terms of being a 'broken person' the man has never said it better than in the sublime brevity of ~

Good times for a change
See, the luck I've had
can make a good man
turn bad
So please please please
let me, let me, let me
let me get what I want this time

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
can make a good man bad

So for once in my life
let me get what I want
Lord knows it would be the first time
Lord knows it would be the first time

 

[Kelley]

Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beads
Oh John, you'll never be a man
And you'll never see your home again
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

Edward, see those alluring lights ?
Tonight will be your very last night

A woman said : "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"

.....

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me ?

 

[Fulham Road Lights]

What Kelley said, Yes and Yes!

 

[Girl-with-the-Thorn]

Kelley, you're so right.

The "Edward, see those alluring lights? Tonight will be your very last night" is just fragile and tragic in the extreme. 'Suffer Little Children' will always be, for me, the greatest expression of tragedy and evil ever put into song.

 

[Brel]

"Most people keeps their brains between their legs"

Surely?

 

[joe frady]

"Most people keeps their brains between their legs"

Surely?

don't call me shirley.
sorry. couldn't resist

 

[Kelley]

20 years later those songs still give me chills.

 

[M-in-Oz]

The lyric which always makes me stop is :

"the future is ended by a long, long sleep"

 

[Mongoose Juice]

I think Morrissey best sums up the fragility of life in the song "In Cumbria I Slipped":

Mile upon mile
I was walking through Carlise
Mr Bus Driver - why can't you smile?
(cause life is just so fragile)

Could it be... yes, yes
Could it be... no, no
We know - Mr Busdriver - we knows
Could it be the size of the spot on your nu-huh-hose?

(et cetera)