The Smiths

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

Reckoning Loneliness: A Melancholic Reflection
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That Kind Neil Diamond
That Kind of Girl Terry Allen

Lyrics

Park the car at the side of the road

Parking the car at the side of the road.

You should know

Addressing someone, indicating they should be aware.

Time's tide will smother you

Warning that time's inevitable flow will overwhelm.

And I will too

Expressing a personal commitment to be part of that overwhelming force.

When you laugh about people who feel so

Mocking laughter at those feeling intensely lonely.

Very lonely

Highlighting the profound loneliness of certain individuals.

Their only desire is to die

Describing the deep desire for death among the lonely.

Well, I'm afraid

Expressing fear, not finding amusement in such despair.

It doesn't make me smile

Stating that the mentioned situation doesn't bring joy.

I wish I could laugh

Expressing a wish for the ability to laugh despite the gravity of the situation.


But that joke isn't funny anymore

Declaring the humorlessness of a particular joke.

It's too close to home

Expressing the joke's personal relevance and impact.

And it's too near the bone

Highlighting the closeness of the joke to personal vulnerabilities.

It's too close to home

Reiterating the closeness of the joke to personal vulnerabilities.

And it's too near the bone

Emphasizing the proximity of the joke to deep emotional sensitivity.

More than you'll ever know ...

Mysterious line leaving room for personal interpretation.


Kick them when they fall down

Repetition of the command to kick those who are already down, indicating cruelty or insensitivity.

Kick them when they fall down

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You kick them when they fall down

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Kick them when they fall down

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You kick them when they fall down

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Kick them when they fall down

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You kick them when they fall down

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Kick them when they fall down

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It was dark as I drove the point home

Describing a dark moment of self-realization while driving, contemplating death with a potential smile.

And on cold leather seats

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Well, it suddenly struck me

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I just might die with a smile on my

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Face after all

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I've seen this happen in other people's

Reflecting on the universality of witnessing personal struggles in others' lives and how they now unfold in one's own life.

Lives

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And now it's happening in mine

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I've seen this happen in other people's

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Lives

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And now it's happening in mine

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I've seen this happen in other people's

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Lives

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And now it's happening in mine

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I've seen this happen in other people's

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Lives

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And now it's happening in mine

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Oh ...

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I've seen this happen in other people's

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Lives

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Oh ...

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And now it's happening in mine

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Happening in mine

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Happening in mine

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Happening in mine

Empty line.

Happening in mine

Repetition emphasizing the occurrence of these life struggles in the narrator's own life.


I've seen this happen in other people's

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Lives

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Oh...

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And now, now, now it's happening in mine

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(I've seen this happen)

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Happening in mine

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Oh...now, now

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I've seen this happen in other people's

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Lives

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Oh...

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And now it's happening in mine

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(Happen)

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Happening in mine

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Oh...

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Happening in mine

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Happening in mine

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Happening in mine

Empty line.


I've seen this happen in other people's

Continued repetition, underlining the inescapable nature of life challenges.

Lives

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Oh...

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And now, now, now it's happening in mine

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Happening in mine

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Mine, mine

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Happening in mine

Concluding with a final assertion that these challenges are happening in the narrator's life.

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