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Morrissey - Dear God Please Help Me
Artist: Morrissey
Morrissey's Homepage: www.morrisseymusic.com
Album: Ringleader Of The Tormentors
Song: Dear God Please Help Me
From : Stefan Lines (stefan.lines@gmail.com)
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Intro: C Am E F Fm x1
C
I am walking through Rome
Am E
With my heart on a string
F Fm
Dear God, please help me
C
And I am so very tired
Am E
Of doing the right thing
F Fm
Dear God, please help me
C
There are explosive kegs
Am
Between my legs
E F Fm
Dear God, please help me
Break: Dm F C E F Dm C G
C
Will you follow and know
Am
Know me more than you do
E
Track me down
F Fm
And try to win me?
C
Then he motions to me
Am
With his hand on my knee
E F Fm
Dear God, did this kind of thing happen to you?
Break: Dm F C E F Dm C E Dm F C G
C
Now I'm spreading your legs
Am
With mine in-between
E F Fm
Dear God, if I could I would help you
C
And now I am walking through Rome
Am
And there is no room to move
E F Fm
But the heart feels free
C
The heart feels free
Am
The heart feels free
E F
But the heart... feels free
Fm
The heart feels free
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Razor wrist Lead Player |
#1 by Razor wrist at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:38 AM EST |
| Does anyone else think this song sounds a lot like Morrissey's earlier "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday"? Or am i just crazy? | |
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Dylan Average |
#2 by Dylan Donovan at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:13 PM EST |
| All good, worthy interpretations. Could be a lovely metafor, or maybe wor Moz is just finally getting laid...? And is anyone else feeling somewhat disappointed about the new album - I am aware that I'll probably be struck by lightning or catch rabies for putting that in writing, but still... | |
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Marks Average |
#3 by Marks at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:02 PM EST |
| ahh, this is the song I always listen to while laying on my bed drinking a nice cold beverage in the middle of the night, Morrissey just has such a way with words, I love it. | |
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camilo Average |
#4 by camilo velasquez at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:34 PM EST |
| Oh. My. God. I was NOT expecting this track. Not that its bad, but to transition from "I Will See You..." to this just pulled heartstrings. Amazing. Beautiful music, heartbreaking vocals. Jaw-dropping lyrics. Just amazing. | |
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Matt Average |
#5 by Matt Waas at Sep 28, 2007 at 9:06 PM EST |
| I remember Moz saying that he happened upon Rome by accident and how it never made an impression on him before. I see the lines "Will you follow and know Know me more than you do Track me down and try to win me" as him saying this to Rome i.e. will you try to win me? Then comes the sexual reference and it turns out that Rome does win his heart. Obviously this is not literal - Im sure the sexual images are in some way autobiographical but I think Moz is using sexual images to highlight his love for Rome. | |
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Tim Rhythm Player |
#6 by Tim Hanson at Sep 30, 2007 at 5:57 AM EST |
| I have a little different opinion on what this song is about. One great thing about morrissey is that he leaves his lyrics a bit vague so that people can kind of connect to his songs in their own way, but i think this song is about child molestation. Before you laugh or gasp let me explain my thought process. The first line that really jumped out to me was "Then he motions to me with his hand on my knee, dear god did this kind of thing happen to you?" i think he is remembering being molested. It also seems that rome in the song is a place of escape for the person. Finally at the end of the song when he says "the heart feels free" i think he is letting go of the pain of it all and finally feeling some closure. Anyway thas my take on this amazing song. | |
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Marks Average |
#7 by Marks at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:00 PM EST |
| I love Moz. I really do. And each time I discover some new songs I am, you know, ready for whatever, but this particular song makes me confused... the explosive kegs between his legs and the whole spreading the legs thing... I really wish this song was (somehow) about his love for Rome... ... but still, whatever, Moz rules! | |
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jake Average |
#8 by jake battkoo at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:45 AM EST |
| I think that the thing Morrissey has fallen in love with in this song is Rome itself. He begins by saying 'I am walking through Rome with my heart on a string' - Moz stated in a recent interview that when he first visited Rome it never made a huge impression on him, and this line seems to highlight this uncomfortabilty. The stanza about 'spreading someone's legs,'I think, is merely Rome personified - he is just using the image of sex to show how he has fallen for the city i.e. he is making love with it. Moz has never actually stated that he is involved in a relationship, only that he has found love. People have just seemed to put two and two together and have come up with 12, as they say. Moz has deliberately used these ambiguous images because of the ambuiguity. That's not too say that the sex lines aren't in some way autobiographical but I don't think the image is the focal point in this song. Moz ends by saying 'the heart feels free.' He has finally found a place where he feels comfortable. I really don't think this is in anyway Moz's 'coming out song' as some have suggested. It's also interesting to note how he changes the tense - 'he' motions to me' and 'now im spreading 'your' legs.' Brilliant, heart felt song. | |
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Dusty Wanna Be |
#9 by Dusty Delonge at Oct 5, 2007 at 1:26 PM EST |
| This is my favorite song of the three I have found. Since I'm kinda dumb I don't really know the meaning. Maybe something along the lines of him being seduced by some guy and him giving into it and asking god for help to get out of it. LOL typical Morrissey and his homsexual ways. I LOVE YOU MORRISSEY! | |
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M Average |
#10 by M K-O at Oct 7, 2007 at 3:26 AM EST |
| Well. I can't beleieve people still think Moz is at all straight. But ANYWAY.. this song is beautiful, the church organs really get me. It may not be purely autobiograophical; though, you can't deny that every song he writes has some truth about himself.. didn't he say that once himself? | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#11 by Ben at Oct 7, 2007 at 1:10 PM EST |
| I don't at all think that this song is about Morrissey getting laid in Rome! Moz is much more brilliant than that and he's a storyteller. Why does everyone always think artists write about themselves all the time? To me this is clearly a song about religious sexual guilt and getting seduced, and then telling God how wonderful that was (since God is personified by the church, then he surely must have sex, or should have because it makes the heart free). Yes, Moz was raised a catholic but he hates the church. | |
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pat Wanna Be |
#12 by pat smear at Oct 7, 2007 at 1:53 PM EST |
| LOL at comments about 'coming out'. To quote Morrissey's answer when he was this silly question: "Fans call 'Dear God Please Help me' your coming out song..." Moz: "Coming out? Where from?! Where to?! I am myself, period." :D | |
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Razor Wanna Be |
#13 by Razor Edge at Oct 8, 2007 at 2:56 PM EST |
| Good explanations, but what you're missing is the Catholicism theme; Moz is Catholic, and he always says that it will always be a part of him. When he meets a guy in Rome, he is consulting God, saying he is tired of "doing the right thing" - i.e.: abstaining from inappropriate sex. Therefore, he says he "would help you", as he wants to abide by church teachings, but can't deny how he feels. By the end of the song, he feels liberated that he has finally experienced love, no matter the "heavenly" reparations. | |
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Razor wrist Lead Player |
#14 by Razor wrist at Oct 11, 2007 at 12:11 PM EST |
| Wow, that's really retarded of you. This has to be up there with every song ever written being about Kurt Cobain... so I'm sure if you try hard enough you can equate it to that as well. This is typical Morrissey: beautiful music, so he dumps some vulgar imagery over it. The lyrics are still suitably vague, cause as the man rightly pointed out, what does it matter his choice of love interest? | |
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Indy Lead Player |
#15 by Indy Windrose at Oct 14, 2007 at 7:46 AM EST |
| While I do think that the lyrics probably are meant to be as much a love song to Rome, I also think that they are quite literally about the redemptive and transformative power of finally being able to shed the guilt about one's sexuality, let someone get that close to you, fulfill the desires that have been locked inside of you, unfulfilled for so long. It's about falling in love and allowing yourself to experience physical pleasure and intimacy without self-loathing, maybe for the first time. So many of you don't want to acknowledge that it's actually about sex at all. Are you uncomfortable because he's obviously talking about a man? I'm so glad he had the strength to write and sing this song as it stands. The vulnerability of human need, craving for closeness, the peace of coming to terms with who you are, so lovely and sweet. I wish he had done it in concert last night. So many people, especially Americans, view sex as something vulgar and base, or are uncomfortable when confronted by it, or find it unworthy as a topic for art, instead of a very basic, deep, sacred part of our lives, essential to our well-being as people to experience that kind of intimacy. | |
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M Average |
#16 by M K-O at Oct 14, 2007 at 10:31 PM EST |
| Wow. That just blew me way. | |
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bobby Rhythm Player |
#17 by bobby volm at Oct 15, 2007 at 11:47 AM EST |
| Hmm. I'm quite skeptical of the view that the song's about his love of Rome because of the verse: "Will you follow and know Know me more than you do Track me down and try to win me" It seems to me that someone following him and tracking him down would apply more to a person than a city. | |
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steve Wanna Be |
#18 by steve hoffmann at Oct 17, 2007 at 9:09 AM EST |
| I DONT KNOW .... ROME , EXPLOSIVE KEGS,(BLUE BALLS),HOMOSEXUALITY,ASKING GOD IF THIS HAPPEND TO HIM? SOUNDS LIKE A CATHOLIC PRIEST/ YOUNG BOY TESTIMONY TO ME | |
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Jer Average |
#19 by Jer at Oct 18, 2007 at 3:29 AM EST |
| http://www.worldofmorrissey.com has all Morrissey and Smiths song lyrics and a brief description of the song. Just found it, and I love their opinions. My meaning of the song (I got section by section for clarity - my interpretation in parenthesis): (First describing the title. Morrissey has missed out on so much by living his life in the enclosed world of stardom. Never able to make the decisions he chooses for himself as Due to the press and fame smothering his every word and action, in order to survive this, he must fit the mold that pleases the majority’s idea of living a “proper” life. “God help me to break free from this life, and quench my thirst as best as possible” on the passionate experiences he’s exposed too. The yearning desire – please free him from the restraints of public scrutiny and allow him to feel, live, and breathe the indulgences of an ordinary persons choice of life’s pleasures.) I am walking through Rome With my heart on a string Dear God, please help me (Morrissey falling in love with Rome. His “heart is on a string” because there are many “temptations” – which I would think are new to him. A new love, and the realm of people with new ideas, personas, and flares to explore and let devour him, in a smitten way.) And I am so very tired Of doing the right thing Dear God, please help me (“Tired of doing the right thing”. What is the right thing? Keeping to one delight at a time. Ugh, haven’t we all known that feeling, the necessity to follow constraints of “sit up straight” or “stealing is wrong”. The worlds view on the “proper life”. “Brash, outrageous and free”, the great life he dreams of living, to its fullest, and admirably so.) There are explosive kegs Between my legs Dear God, please help me (“Explosive kegs/legs” – his given human design to seek out to experience sexuality, and actually do something about it.) Will you follow and know Know me more than you do Track me down And try to win me? (A person in general that he feels connected with, be it through literature, music, and expressions – characteristics that lead to Morrissey’s infatuation with someone. He wants to have an interested person seek out and find him, and try to steal his heart away.) Then he motions to me With his hand on my knee Dear God, did this kind of thing happen to you? (Some man calls over to him with “Hand on knee” establishing an implied personal connection, and now he desires more. Morrissey finds himself in an emotional tug-of-war. The impulse is there, and he’s reaching out to it, and wants to experience it, but feels it’s the “improper” thing to do. That magnetic response that can’t tear one away, the sway of heart and emotion. In all of this, “Did God ever experience it?” – literally or could God relate to this idea, and if so, it would represent the “I’ve been there” feeling, and maybe he wouldn’t feel so alone, like Morrissey was the only one to ever feel this distress of “should I”? And if God indeed went through this, could he please help a guy out with how he could handle this situation and its emotions?) Now I'm spreading your legs With mine in-between Dear God, if I could I would help you (Morrissey would surely help God out with anything if only God would help him out on this one, the idea of, or actually becoming physically close with someone.) And now I am walking through Rome And there is no room to move But the heart feels free (Literally Rome is a crowded place to walk through, and “there is no room to move”, but within the clutter of bodies pressed together, “his heart feels free” – to stand on top of a mountain and look down on the beauty of the people. He’s very overjoyed to find himself in a distant place where no one notices him, and he is free to live whatever life he chooses. Do what he wants, when where and how. The weight of fame and the cameras eye breathing down your neck, reporters with “the printed word might kill you”, with every move he makes. Finally being free of the weight on his shoulders from the negativity of stardom and fame.) The heart feels free The heart feels free But the heart... feels free The heart feels free The heart feels free (Good for him – it’s about damn time. Removed from the oppression from stardom to “do the right thing”, and finally living life as just another person in the crowd, doing whatever the hell he pleases, and experiencing for the first time all the decisions he missed out on making, that ring loudly through his lyrics.) | |
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Christina Average |
#20 by Christina Anderson at Oct 18, 2007 at 5:34 PM EST |
| sooo i love playing and singing this song.....quite incredible the soong is. | |
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