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Just to clarify a few lines in the poem - 1. Morrisey was a big Oscar Wilde fan when he was young, 2. Something he does not elaborate on happened to him when he was eight years old that really had a dramatic affect on his life, 3. He often held flowers during his performances, 4. He was supposedly anti- sex, meat and drugs, and 5. Johnny Marr ('Marred by flaws') was a member of the Smith's, with whom he was friends but later had a fallout. He also mentions numerous times that he does not figure on living very long and how much he is disgusted with so much of what is happening in the world. The majority of the information henceforth is from a biography on Morrisey, by whom I do not recall as I lent the book to someone quite some time ago and never did get it returned. Overall, he seems like a pretty angry and depressed man, but one heck of a poet/songwriter.
MORE HE SEES
HE WAS JUST A WILDE WILDE BOY
SO QUIET AND SHY
WITH FLOWERS IN HIS HAND
DURING THOSE SCHOOL BOY DAYS
IT WAS SOMETHING HE EIGHT
THAT TRIGGERED THE HATE
AND TRANSFORMED THE BOY TO A MAN
NOW THE MORE HE SEES
OH THE MORE HE SEES
THE LESS HE WANTS
TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD
SEX, MEAT, AND DRUGS
HE DOES NOT CRAVE
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
IS ALL HE NEEDS
BUT THE MORE HE SEES
OH THE MORE HE SEES
THE LESS HE WANTS
TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD
SOCIETY, SOCIETY
WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN HE
NOTHING BUT COMPLEXITY
HE IS DISGUSTED
BUT NOT ASHAMED
AND YES IT'S YOU
HE'D LIKE TO BLAME
FOR THE MORE HE SEES
OH THE MORE HE SEES
THE LESS HE WANTS
TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD
HE'S MORE THAN A REBEL
WHO FIGHTS FOR A CAUSE
HE'S VIRTUALLY A SAINT
YET MARRED BY FLAWS
STILL THE MORE HE SEES
OH THE MORE HE SEES
THE LESS HE WANTS
TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD
IN QUIET DESPERATION
HE WRITES THE ANGER
THAT BUILDS WITHIN
IT IS THE ONLY ESCAPE
TO HIS FRUSTRATION
HIS WAY TO KEEP
FROM COMMITTING THE
UNFORGIVEABLE SIN
BECAUSE THE MORE HE SEES
OH THE MORE HE SEES
THE LESS HE WANTS
TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD.