Raphael Lambach
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good answer
I'd say the same.
good answer
I can relate to all of that more than Moz himself. I don't want to have children ever. About marriage, I think we're both in the same line of thinking.
As to the actual question, Motherhood does create some sense of isolation and longing to which Morrissey's lyrics are highly applicable.
This is not what the original poster was asking about but I find it sort of difficult to listen to Morrissey/Smiths around my 5-year-old daughter. She loves the sound of the music but "If a 10-ton truck kills the both of us?" Not exactly bedtime music. But she loves to sing Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others and finds her own meaning.
As to the actual question, Motherhood does create some sense of isolation and longing to which Morrissey's lyrics are highly applicable.
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I'm married and have a son, and I can still respect and understand the desire to be alone.
In The Hand that Rocks the Cradle he sounds like he'd be a caring and protective dad.
Is there any point ever having children? Oh I don't know.
He doesn't completely discount the possibility of having a child in Stretch Out and Wait. Or maybe I'm just holding out hope that he'll pass down his beauty and intelligence.
In The Hand that Rocks the Cradle he sounds like he'd be a caring and protective dad.
Some people say 'Hand that Rocks Cradle' is actually a really disturbing song.
I've never been sure about 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle'- it's very ambiguous and could indeed be interpreted as being about child abuse.
My immediate reaction to it is that it's talking about protection and deep love of a child ("My life down I shall lie"), but there's also an implication of that protection being overbearing and possessive, and that maybe the narrator's neediness ("I once had a child, and it saved my life") could be a problem in the future and perhaps lead to issues for the child.
It never occurred to me that The Hand that Rocks the Cradle could be about child abuse. To me it’s a simple and beautiful song about a man who, upon seeing his child, finds a reason to live. It captures, vividly, that sudden and overwhelming blaze of protectiveness that characterises the beginnings of fatherhood.