what is the meaning of
"new england is mine, and
it owes me a living"
What is the meaning of
Easton Fisher
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Kayden Jenkins
Never understood this line either, it's weird since he kind of trails off halfway through it
Andrew Kelly
That's a Smiths reference
Ayden Campbell
elaborate please
Landon Torres
muh white privilege
Grayson Sanchez
"England is mine, it owes me a living" is a Smiths lyric
Austin Jackson
dan is a big smiths fan
Gabriel Ross
It a smiths reference
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Hunter Price
You can never fully understand anything Dan makes without listening to The Smiths first 2bh.
Eli Lopez
what is the meaning behind this lyric?
Nolan Russell
ask me why and i'll spit in ur eye
Gavin Foster
lmao
i forgot to write
inb4 ask me why and i'll spit in ur eye
Adam Clark
i always interpreted it as a shot at the middle/upper classes of england who felt a sense of entitlement do to the circumstances of their birth. ie england owes them a living because they were born there
It also ties in with the line before about life being about taking and not giving, the upper classes not providing anything to society
Christopher Sanchez
Hello commie.
Jacob Evans
i'm just trying to interpret morrisey's lyrics, who was famously anti-establishment and anti-monarchy, so this interpretation would fit with his character
Jose Mitchell
fuck off nazi
Jack Cox
Haha
Ian Howard
>implying everyone who hates commies is a nazi
Colton Nelson
he doesn't understand irony
Dominic Carter
ENGLAND IS MINE
Ayden Adams
This guy gets it.
Isaac Green
I always suspected it may have something to do with the Myra Hindley quote "society owes me a living," especially as Morrissey covered the Moors Murderers on that album in at least one other song
Isaiah Sullivan
Just a reference to The Smiths song Still Ill where Morrisey sings (wails) "England is mine, it owes me a living".
Even without that though it makes sense
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Grayson Bennett
to not be at least in favor of a universal free minimum wage in a society that's slowly but surely abolishing labor work is not very smart
working class in 50 years is going to be nonexistent
Elijah Diaz
I always thought it was referring to the real Giles Corey execution
>It is unusual for people to refuse to plead, and extremely rare to find reports of persons who have been able to endure this painful form of death in silence. Since Corey refused to plead, he died in full possession of his estate, which would otherwise have been forfeited to the government.[14] It passed on to his two sons-in-law, in accordance to his will.