i adore morrissey's new album. the first song on it bothers me, though. it bothers me because the singer, who also wrote it, is english but has captured my exact emotional state about my own damn country, america is not the world:
america, your head’s too bigman, that just sums it up for me, all in one lovely-sung tune. how come an englishman can say in so few words what no american seems to be able to? to wrap up all the bits that are broken and still not come off as hating this place?
because america, your belly’s too big
and i love you; i just wish you’d stay where you isin america, the land of the free, they said,
and of opportunity, in a just & a truthful way- but where the President is never black, female or gay.
& until that day, you’ve got nothing to say to me to help me believein america. it brought you the hamburger
well, america, you know where you can shove your hamburger.& don’t you wonder why in estonia they say,
“hey you, you big fat pig, you fat pig, you fat pig!”steely blue eyes with no love in them scan the world
& a humourless smile with no warmth within greets the world
& I, I have got nothing to offer you
no, just this heart deep & truewhich you say you don’t need.
see with your eyes, touch with your hands - please...
hear through your ears, know in your soul - please...for haven’t you me with you now?
& i love you, i love you, i love you
i love you, i love you, i love you
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