Smiths, The - William, It Was Really Nothing Lyrics






The rain falls hard on a humdrum town
this town has dragged you down
oh the rain falls hard on a humdrum town
this town has dragged you down

And everybody's got to live their life
and God knows I've got to live mine
God knows I've got to live mine

William, William it was really nothing
William, William it was really nothing
it was your life

How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say:
"Would you like to marry me
and if you like you can buy the ring"
she doesn't care about anything
"Would you like to marry me
and if you like you can buy the ring"
I don't dream about anyone
except myself

William, William it was really nothing
William, William





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  1. w.... b....

    caralho?

  2. m.... ....

    wish i could cut out morrisey, sorry to say

  3. J.... Z....

    Thank you Morrissey for being there in those days. It was intimate & special... ;)

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    Beginning of the song, first four verses, is another perfect combination of Marr’s and Morrissey’s geniuses: Lyrics with Morrissey’s voice, matching perfectly with Marr’s guitar riffs and sounds, or, vice versa. It’s one of the most memorable song sections in my memory.

  5. G.... R....

    Love this!

  6. P.... H....

    not sure how to feel about the Smiths, what with Morrissey being such a racist piece of shit nowadays..

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    P Henning I’m sticking with Mr. Marr now ;)

  7. F.... S....

    His voice is so calming and it makes me feel relieved for some reason

  8. M.... C....

    Early MGTOW

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    It's a song about a gay affair between the narrator and a man who went back into the closet and marries some girl who doesn't care for him to hide his homosexuality. It has nothing to do with MGTOW shit.

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    @Alien Alun Morrissey has said of the song: "It occurred to me that within popular music if ever there were any records that discussed marriage they were always from the female's standpoint, female singers singing to women. There were never any songs saying 'do not marry, stay single, self-preservation,' etc. I thought it was about time there was a male voice speaking directly to another male saying that marriage was a waste of time ... that, in fact, it was absolutely nothing." So maybe original poster has a point.

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    @manny44 In that exact same article: "This song chronicles a love triangle between a marrying couple and a gay friend. The friend asks "William" why he is marrying a "fat girl" who "doesn't care about anything." It would seem that the friend had an affair with William in the past, but William is now in denial of his homosexuality and is marrying a woman instead - much to the friend's dismay. This is widely believed to be about front man Morrissey's friendship with William "Billy" Mackenzie, lead singer of the Scottish post-punk band, Associates. In 1993, Associates recorded "Stephen, You're Really Something" in response (Morrissey's first name is Steven)."

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    @Alien Alun I definitely always heard it in the homosexual context myself but....I like hearing as many different interpretations of a song as it can reasonably hold and I think they both are interesting.

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    amazing vocal performance regardless!!

  9. G.... F....

    What a fucking great album. Remember creativity on top of creativity in kind of like a Dionysian explosion of constant (thinking) and communicating. It's at the centre of Theatre and (older good quality) talk show hosts.
    Now go!

  10. F.... S....

    the Best OF THE BEST Morrissey

  11. M.... M....

    This is a really good sounding source of the song.

  12. K.... M....

    Every song tells a story 💗

  13. J.... ....

    The greatest song they did for me, who else could have wrote it or called it so?

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    Talk talk NC Pic

  14. c.... b....

    I wanna eat out mos

  15. R.... S....

    I am leaking air quickly. Somebody come plug me NOW.

  16. A.... c....

    Os brasileiros tão em peso nos comentários kkkkk 🇧🇷

  17. S.... J....

    i realised that i am one sad mf

  18. B.... ....

    Mayur Gupta it was really nothing

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    The rain falls hard on a humdrum town 
    This town has dragged you down 
    Oh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum town 
    This town has dragged you down 
    Oh, no, and everybody's got to live their life 
    And God knows I've got to live mine 
    God knows I've got to live mine 
    William, William it was really nothing 
    William, William it was really nothing 
    It was your life...

    How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say: 
    "Oh! Would you like to marry me? 
    "And if you like you can buy the ring" 
    She doesn't care about anything 
    Would you like to marry me?
    And if you like you can buy the ring 
    I don't dream about anyone - except myself!
    Oh, William, William it was really nothing 
    William, William

  20. 1.... ....

    My uncles song played at his funeral 17-5-19 😢 RIP uncle billy 💔💔

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    123glenbo your uncle had a good taste in music

  21. A.... D....

    Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, The Police e The Smiths. Tá aí bandas que simplesmente te transportam para outra dimensão ... Amo muito!!

  22. D.... M....

    Sick of the bullshit that I wasn’t even supposed to get in the first place. Changing team

  23. S.... ....

    I'm 13 almost 14 and this music is class

  24. B.... ....

    I had the EP with please please let me get what I want on the other side and how soon is now

  25. f.... m....

    How can y stay with a fatgirl ....uhhhh say hoooo... would like married me.. would like buy the ring......
    The Smiths was Morrissey simple words lyrics between a perfect combination with Jonny Marr guitar riffs...
    Rough Trade Label gold age back in 80's ....

  26. S.... J....

    the feeling this song gives me that i cannot explain with words..

  27. W.... W....

    As a William my history teacher Mr Williams played this song for the whole class in lesson one time about 4-5 years ago and im only now rediscovering this great song :-)

  28. J.... A....

    BEST WORDS,BEST MUSC

  29. r.... ....

    I still prefer these singles collections to the studio albums, I'm afraid.

  30. V.... l....

    Marry me, Morrissey!

  31. e.... s....

    tfw ex's name is william

    but it was really something

  32. R.... W....

    Un visionario de su epoca ... Todo un prodigio de la musica en aquel entonces, gracias a mi padre por ser el primero en tener esta musica en su ciudad

  33. s.... m....

    The Smith's song are my life soundtrack

  34. r.... a....

    I practiced singing with the Smiths back in the original days. My odd range fit perfectly, in & around Morrisey’s & his vocal gymnastics never ceased to amaze!
    Still, decades later, I try to exercise singingly to his/their music.

  35. A.... T....

    One of my favorite songs

  36. k.... l....

    oh how i love this 🖤🖤

  37. A.... G....

    Perfecto tema! Que buen regalo de navidad jaja

  38. t.... p....

    Awesome totally awesome

  39. b.... f....

    THE BASS!!!!!

  40. A.... V....

    Really everything is better with the smiths ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

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    I hear he was raped by the royality.

  42. n.... c....

    Their music is a good replica of my life because I'm not happy and I'm not sad.

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    Welcome to most of our lives.

    n.... c....

    You're in some really good headspace. Ideally you'll stay there.

  43. L.... M....

    The first 🏃 Tunnel of Life.

  44. L.... M....

    I think I just understood a glimpse of why couples got married all of a sudden.
    William Edward.

  45. a.... a....

    Debería morir el reggetom y ponerse de moda nuevamente esta música

  46. S.... P....

    The perfect pop song.

  47. V.... ....

    Unexpected but really appreciated 💚💚

  48. D.... O....

    The Rain Falls Hard.....

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    Nice to see this channel being so active recently!

  50. E.... K....

    💕✨✨✨✨✨✨✨💕

  51. M.... R....

    stop playing with these re-uploads of songs we have downloaded already in someway or another. we want a reunion smh

  52. i.... a....

    one of my all-time favorites. means so much to me. but then again, that's every smiths song, isn't it?

    i.... a....

    For sure lol & "Well I wonder" being one of the many too-- Hope your day is going swell Ingrid#2 ! Sincerely, another Ingrid x)

  53. b.... ....

    Oooh i dig the chord change at the lyric "God knows I've got to live mine" ... it caught me off guard but was nice and refreshing to hear

  54. J.... ....

    I love a man called William ❤

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    Jusellicious dont let him marry a Fat girl

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    Oh, How does one tell the person..? What a pity I am😪😅

  55. M.... ....

    this is honestly amazing 💜❤️

  56. U.... A....

    THE BEST BAND 🤘🇲🇽

  57. t.... F....

    Ouvir The Smiths é um misto de sentimentos...trás uma sensação tão boa e até saudade de algo quê não fiz por medo e timidez , é Maravilhoso ouvir essa música 30 anos depois e ainda mexer tanto comigo ....the Smiths é Mágico 3❤❤❤❤❤❤

  58. N.... G....

    The Smiths is the soundtrack to my life, a miserable one.

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    Nick Green but you got 32 likes, heaven knows you're still miserable?

    N.... G....

    The Smiths slways represented redemption/renewal for me, but to each his own.

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    Well put my friend

  59. c.... g....

    The Smiths SEMPRE... The Smiths FOREVER

  60. S.... L....

    so many good singles from this new album of theirs, maybe it will be a compilation? good work anyways, the smiths! can't wait for the whole thing!

  61. T.... P....

    TOP TOP TOP TOP TOP sensacional

  62. t.... g....

    The most underrated band

    t.... g....

    that guy122 agreed

    t.... g....

    Underated? Lmao

    t.... g....

    How are they underrated?

    t.... g....

    What? In which universe are The Smiths underrated? Dumbest comment ever.

  63. w.... r....

    eu amo the smiths .

  64. S.... H....

    Thanks again keep up uploading the legendary music of "the smiths "
    A band that we never gonna see a band like it

  65. x.... c....

    I’m 18 and I fucking love this kind of music. So proud of it

    x.... c....

    i'm 18 and i love too ♡♡♡♡

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    Congrats

    x.... c....

    porque esta si es musica de verdad

  66. A.... V....

    Ele abriu o Show em São Paulo com William... Eu quase morri de tanto chorar e gritar cantando desafinada mesmo!

  67. R.... L....

    Lovely track

  68. e.... ....

    thank you

  69. o.... ,....

    uma dentre tantas obras primas

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    Now in English: I remember perfectly when I met the band. The year was 2016, December 18th. This is a remarkable day, because that's when I decided to get interested in really important things. I started by resolving to enter the Reading Library (Saraiva). I decided to buy some books to get out of this immensity of emptiness, pain and suffering. The love of reading was instantaneous. I spent hours there and discovered that this was my place. I was looking at a book when I was playing a song on the radio in the bookstore. Until then he had totally ignored the music. That's when a girl of about 23 years of age passes next to me. She was singing the song with so much feeling that I had to comment with my friend next to her saying: The people who visit this place are people with culture. People who are light years ahead of us. I can not stay behind.
    At the same moment, I mentally asked myself: This song is good. Was not that the kind of thing you were after?
    Then I immediately picked up my cell phone and opened Shazam. I held up my cell phone so it was possible to identify the music I was playing. I quickly discovered that the name of the song I was playing was: *William, it was really nothing* 🖤

    Throughout the year 2017 I got to know the rest of the songs. I have one of the band that is considered as my favorite song, but it is undeniable that *William, it was really nothing* was the song that, along with reading, began to change my life. The Smiths is timeless 🖤✨❄

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    Vc é Br, eu entendi o seu texto falo ingles tbm kkkk, a saraiva é legal gostava de ir la tbm, cresci ouvindo os smiths desde criança

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    carai bicho que foda

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    your anniversary coming up

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    @Gumadnason Is today! my renaissance birthday

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    thank you! It's really cool to read story like this.

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    Eu lembro perfeitamente de quando conheci a banda. O ano era 2016, dia 18 de dezembro. Esse é um dia marcante, pois foi quando resolvi me interessar por coisas realmente importantes. Comecei resolvendo entrar na Livraria Leitura (Saraiva). Resolvi comprar uns livros para sair dessa imensidão de vazio, dor e sofrimento. O amor pela leitura foi instantâneo. Passei horas ali e descobri que era esse o meu lugar. Eu estava olhando um livro quando estava tocando uma música na rádio da livraria. Até então ignorava totalmente a música. Foi quando uma garota de aproximadamente 23 anos passa próximo de mim. Ela estava cantando a música com tanto sentimento que eu tive que comentar com o meu amigo ao lado dizendo: As pessoas que visitam este lugar são pessoas com cultura. Pessoas que estão anos-luz à nossa frente. Não posso ficar pra trás.
    No mesmo momento, me questionei mentalmente: Essa música é boa. Não era esse tipo de coisa que você buscava?
    Daí então imediatamente peguei o celular e abri o Shazam. Levantei o celular para que fosse possível identificar a música que estava tocando. Rapidamente descobri que o nome da música que estava tocando era: *William, it was really nothing* 🖤

    Ao longo do ano de 2017 fui conhecendo o resto das músicas. Tenho uma da banda que é tida como a minha música favorita, mas é inegável que *William, it was really nothing* foi a música que, junto com a leitura, começou a mudar a minha vida. The Smiths é atemporal 🖤✨❄

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    Pedro Pães Que coincidência, Pedro.

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    Pedro posso te dizer que sou fã dos Smiths e agora Morrissey a 31 anos e te digo que ninguém ocupou o lugar dele por todo este tempo; pois ele é o melhor! Parabéns pela escolha e vamos divulgar para os parentes e amigos pois quero ir no próximo show aqui no Brasil com um fã clube enorme cantando todas as músicas com ele e fazendo muito barulho.

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    Estou disposto a espalhar a banda por onde eu for. Vocês são os melhores. Parabéns pelo ótimo gosto musical! Não esqueçam... Há uma luz que nunca se apaga! 💡✨

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    Vocês foram ao show do Morrissey? Eu infelizmente não consegui ir, mas assisti uma apresentação de uma banda cover chamada Bigmouth no Madame. Foi incrível.
    Conheci Smiths em 2016 também, e foi essencial para que eu atravessasse a depressão. Bem, nós sabemos o que cada música significa, é muito forte e pessoal para descrevermos.

  72. S.... B....

    Such eloquence; musically, lyrically, sigh...

  73. P.... t....

    I live in the Philippines and I love the smiths

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    I live on planet earth and i love the smiths

  74. f.... s....

    A MELHOR BANDA ATÉ HJ!!!!

  75. h.... ....

    Classic! Thanks for sharing.

  76. A.... C....

    Todas as músicas de The Smiths me despertam sentimentos maravilhosos, ao mesmo tempo me deixa um pouco triste pq lembro da minha infância, as piores lembranças são sempre as felizes, pq são só lembranças

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    Então também sou assim, essas músicas para mim são como as luzes de Natal eu amo lembram da minha infância, mas me enchem de saudade e tristeza me sinto em um paradoxo

  77. A.... C....

    Sempre músicas maravilhosas!!! 😍😍😍❤❤❤

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    Verdade ❤

  78. C.... ....

    Legends

  79. P.... ....

    Classic. Timeless! 🖤

  80. B.... S....

    I hear great sadness but lots of hope in each song. I feel very uplifted every time I listen to morrisseys music 💙

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    Morrissey is a BELLEND Trust me

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    karen graeme don trust you

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    I hear sadness and hope as well. But mainly I hear brilliance.

    B.... S....

    zep head absolute genius

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    I just wish Father Time would've cut him a break and let him stay 28 a bit longer.

  81. �.... �....

    best Band ever 👌

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    Sem dúvida

  82. F.... ....

    Masterpiece!

  83. J.... ....

    We want a smiths reunion

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    Christopher Griffin I want a smiths reunion!!!!!!

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    we certainly don’t

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    clementine don’t care.

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    @JonnyWaltersMediaHD Gosh, how rude.

  84. I.... R....

    Beautiful!!!

  85. W.... ....

    This is class.