Back to the Old House - 2011 Remaster

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Back to the Old House - 2011 Remaster by The Smiths

About Back to the Old House - 2011 Remaster

The narrator in this song is speaking metaphorically of the longing for things to return as they once were. In this case, the narrator wishes he’d told the person in verse 2 that he had feelings for them, so he wonders idly whether they’d moved away, perhaps fantasizing of an instance in which he professes his feelings for them, though the line “But I never will,” is recognizing the fact that you cannot go back to the past no matter how much you’d like for things to be different. .

Back to the Old House - 2011 Remaster Lyrics

[00:14.29] I would rather not go
[00:18.45] Back to the old house
[00:22.07]
[00:26.64] I would rather not go
[00:31.34] Back to the old house
[00:36.24] There's too many bad memories
[00:41.84] Too many memories
[00:45.44]
[01:01.98] When you cycled by, here began all my dreams
[01:08.84] The saddest thing I've ever seen
[01:15.01] And you never knew
[01:17.08] How much I really liked you
[01:21.22] Because I never even told you
[01:24.42] Oh, and I meant to
[01:27.94] Are you still there?
[01:34.46] Or have you moved away?
[01:41.07] Or have you moved away?
[01:46.81]
[01:58.90] I would love to go
[02:03.08] Back to the old house
[02:07.43] But I never will
[02:10.93] I never will, I never will
[02:20.29] I never will
[02:26.88]

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