You Have Killed Me
Pasolini is me
‘Accattone’ you’ll be
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
‘Til you came with the key
And you did your best but
As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me
Piazza Cavour, what’s my life for?
Visconti is me
Magnani you’ll never be
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
‘Til you came with the key
And you did your best but
As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes, I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me
Who am I that I come to be here…?
As I live and breathe
You have killed me
You have killed me
Yes I walk around somehow
But you have killed me
You have killed me
And there is no point saying this again
There is no point saying this again
But I forgive you, I forgive you
Always I do forgive you
References:
Pasolini: Pier Paolo Pasolini, poet, director, writer, the soul of the 20th century Italian art.
Accattone: Accattone was the title of the first movie by Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1961. Literally ‘Accattone’ means a beggar, mendicant. In Rome it also means a poor man, a man with no talent. Here Morrissey implies that the person he is speaking to will be “his first”…
Piazza Cavour: Cavour square in Prati, Rome. Just behind the Palace of Justice and very near to Lungotevere.
Visconti: Luchino Visconti, famous Italian director, author of masterworks like Ossessione, Rocco e i suoi fratelli, Morte a Venezia, Il Gattopardo. He also worked a lot with Anna Magnani as she was his favourite actress. An episode directed by Visconti of the movie “Siamo Donne” was about Anna Magnani’s everyday life.
Magnani: Anna Magnani, the greatest Italian actress ever.
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