I Bury The Living

MORRISSEY song
Name	I Bury The Living
Album/single	Low In High School
Length	7:25
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Jesse Tobias
Producer	Joe Chiccarelli
Release	November 2017
Recorded	Summer 2017

Lyrics

A wretched outcast with no point of view
what could I do just military service
I carry out the powerful vulgarian view
I scatter gloom
do as I say or I'll scatter you
but no! you can't blame me!
I'm just an innocent soldier!
there would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier
no, no, no, you can't blame me!
I'm just an innocent soldier
Give me an order - I'll blow up a border
Give me an order - I'll blow up your daughter

Call me brave, call me a peace-making hero
call me anything except ... what I am
from a class without
I haven't got a clue
what the war is about
I haven't got a clue
have you?
but no! you can't blame me!
I'm just an innocent soldier!
there would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier
no, no, no, you can't blame me!
after all, I'm just honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
honor-mad cannon-fodder
 
Duty done by the moment at hand
I am answerable only to Jesus
and with the grace of God I will die in my own bed
if you wonder what's in my head
it's just a hatred for all human life
when I lose mine, my mother will say:
"he died doing the job he loved"
but I died with a bullet to the forehead!
that wasn't the job I loved!
that wasn't the job I loved!
that wasn't the job I loved!

"It's funny how
the war goes on
without our John
without our John
it's funny how
the war goes on
without our John
without our John"

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 10

Morrissey live history:

• Aberdeen, Scotland 2018-02-16 (Morrissey concert)
• Glasgow, Scotland 2018-02-17 (Morrissey concert)
• Dublin, Ireland 2018-02-20 (Morrissey concert)
• Newcastle, England 2018-02-23 (Morrissey concert)
• Leeds, England 2018-02-24 (Morrissey concert)
• Birmingham, England 2018-02-27 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 2018-03-01 (Morrissey concert)
• Brighton, England 2018-03-03 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 2018-03-09 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 2018-03-10 (Morrissey concert)

Appears On

• Low In High School

Mentioned In

• There Is A Light That Must Be Switched On - Morrissey Central (April 16, 2018)

Related Forum Threads

• Morrissey A-Z: "I Bury the Living" - Morrissey-solo (Mar 31, 2021)