<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>YAY!!!</span> <!--emo&:D-->

<!--endemo--> Hehe, I've been waiting for this one for ages!
Your favourite track: God, this is such a hard question... Either the title track (the only drum solo I can ever mime along to... is air-drum a phrase?), I Know It's Over, or There Is A Light. But then again, Cemetry Gates has always been a real favourite of mine and although I thought Some Girls... was overly flippant at first, it seems to embody The Smiths: beautiful, complex but effortless melody, funny lyrics with a nice little political jibe in ("From the ice age to the dole-age"), the ability to surprise (the fade-in/-out intro) and real solid support from Andy and Mike.
Your worst track: Hm... possibly Bigmouth, just because I've heard it too many times really, although I do love the imagery in the lyrics, and the fact that you really have to have background knowledge about The Smiths to get the most out of the song (hearing aid reference etc.). I love in-jokes <!--emo&:)-->

<!--endemo--> I really don't like picking a least favourite out of this album though - the whole thing seems so well-crafted and it
is the best album ever as far as I'm concerned.
Best lyric: "In a darkened underpass, I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last, but then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldn't ask". I
love that line, it just totally sums up life in general - all the missed opportunities and wasted dreams that happened because you were too scared to ask. It has a really lovely rhythm to it as well.
Song/lyric/line you relate to most/has relevance to you: "I know it's over, still I cling, I don't know where else I can go", and I Know It's Over in general. To me, this song is what breaking up is about, that kind of horrible stage right near the end where you
know it's over, but you stay together because however painful it is, it seems easier than starting all over again.
Overall opinion of album, how it compares to others, etc.: My favourite Smiths album and therefore my favourite album ever. The first one I bought, and the first Smiths tracks I heard came off this one too, so it has loads of memories for me... I just think it's perfect really, it is The Smiths at their peak - Strangeways may have some of the best Morrissey/Marr songs, but it sounds disjointed somehow, and this album is just so damn good!
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I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving
England is mine, it owes me a living
But ask me why and I'll spit in your eye
Oh, 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 dunno...
Under the iron bridge we kissed
And although I ended up with sore lips
It just wasn't like the old days anymore
No, it wasn't like those days
Am I still ill...?