The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Official Audio)

Official Audio for Back To The Old House by The Smiths
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Lyrics
I would rather not go
Back to the old house
I would rather not go
Back to the old house
There's too many
Bad memories
Too many memories
There...
There...
There...
When you cycled by
Here began all my dreams
The saddest thing I've ever seen
And you never knew
How much I really liked you
Because I never even told you
Oh, and I meant to
Are you still there ?
Or...have you moved away ?
Or have you moved away ?
Oh...
I would love to go
Back to the old house
But I never will
I never will...
I never will...
I never will...
#TheSmiths #BackToTheOldHouse #HatfulOfHollow

[@kurapika4468]

Normally after listening to a song for a while it doesn’t hit you like THAT anymore but this hits me everytime, everyday and everywhere.

[@raviolesdeespinaca]

for real

[@avasiegel1589]

instant tears-

[@avasiegel1589]

@@mariana.2523 THIS ONE IS

[@-.__._KCAJ_.__.-]

Agreed

[@davidbernaldez5002]

Doesnt matter how many times did you ever listened to the smiths ....they hit you again as the first time

[@subterraneanhomesickalien1344]

The first time I discovered this song, I listened to it repeatedly for about a month. Still do.

[@jhaynewe]

ur pfp (most likely u unless ur a lesbian who set it to your gf) looks like hope sandoval from mazzy star!!!!!!

[@patrickrichmond6531]

@@jhaynewe thats fked up you would say that jane is a beautiful song gna have to play again now

[@rjrod1326]

I first heard this song 18 years ago and I still have it on repeat haha

[@FootBall-bf2xl]

Do you could dance dance that song with me?

[@lollyd3679]

Have had on repeat since 1986?

[@samvanschie21]

This is the most soul full, emotional, moving and beautiful song I've ever heard. I am 18 years old and I am a huge fan of the Smiths.

[@natelynn5774]

Ha same

[@BadBoiFilms]

Look up well I wonder

[@big-e-cheese7106]

17y/o here and can relate

[@patches7308]

I do enjoy the smiths but morissey is a racist bag of literal shit I cant be an actual fan

[@feath3rs]

im 14 and this is deep

[@uramisugi]

*"I would rather not go back to the old house."* this song for me is the peak of the smiths discography. morrissey is able to convey so much melancholic sorrow in such short lyrics that feel fleeting yet are still impactful. it's as if it was something someone said in a moment of passion without really thinking about the emotional consequences those words have until they finally set in at the very end of the song. *"I would love to go back to the old house, but i never will."*

[@DrivingSkeleton]

In a way I think it's a message on how old houses don't have the cool new features new houses are required to have, says a lot about society when you think about (we live in one probably)

[@lilhades9484]

@@DrivingSkeleton this has to be irony

[@horacioflores9224]

@@DrivingSkeleton bruh

[@DrivingSkeleton]

@@lilhades9484 Hi! Please state what's confusing with my paragraph I'll be happy to clear up anything :D

[@gorblimeyguv]

​@driving skeleton I think it's about something less superficial than that

[@ponyboygarfunkel1675]

I was a boy in the sixties. With the miracle of google maps, there it was, the house I grew up in. Sometimes it is okay for grown man to cry...

[@zephead843]

Ponyboy- As Moz would tell you, "That's how people grow up."

[@RedPilledAsFuck]

it's always okay for a man to cry

[@illenagus]

it is always okay to cry sir !

[@flaviaraffo2331]

it's okay sir

[@Tashitoohot]

Considering your name is Ponyboy, I can tell you’re truthful. You instantly reminded me of “Ponyboy Curtis”

[@maddiemedina3658]

"and you never knew how much I really liked you couse I never even told you, oh and I meant to" never had I heard such relatable lyrics.

[@henrey-rj5mp]

hello shinnie

[@maddiemedina3658]

@@henrey-rj5mp lmaooo stopp

[@sammadkhan4459]

Only if I can change the word care with like

[@rexdv8]

There are lyrics that Morrissey wrote that everyone on earth can relate to. He is a gift to mankind.

[@koreee_4328]

[@kantfy]

I hate being in love.

[@4wardfr3ak23]

So real

[@money.486]

Word

[@enel-hj5fc]

Real

[@omgtwins4237]

typa shi

[@patinhoadoravel1856]

Real

[@kylebos6442]

man i fumbled the bag so hard. now all i do is listen to this song on repeat

[@blueketchup1182]

real. here for the same reason

[@user-wk3wt8cj2s]

real

[@darkintelx]

Real

[@logintothebruh]

real

[@_-_730]

Real except I’ve never even had the bag

[@mateogonzalez6421]

RIP to Andy Rourke. Man with some of the grooviest basslines in all of English Rock. We’re all going to miss you 💔

[@Formula1_Junkie]

😢😢😢

[@WFazolato]

Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce have not had their value recognized.

[@mateogonzalez6421]

@@WFazolato absolutely. Not a single other bassist who could’ve complimented Johnny Marr like Andy Rourke and vice versa. The result of growing up together as best friends. Mike Joyce’s drum lines are incredibly tight knit.

[@y.r._]

This particular bassline was actually written by Marr.

[@daughteroftheHighest.]

Amen, may he rest in peace. ❤

[@stef-qk1hu]

Don't mourn their parting, embrace yourself with their music and thank God we had the opportunity to listen to The Smiths

[@burrenmagic]

I'm so happy they'll never re-unite.

[@burrenmagic]

jumping on a bandwagon for a paycheque would never be their thing. It was art.

[@ibtaba]

It was perfect for its time and could never be again.

[@m.s.7756]

one of the few true miracles of my life, really

[@DrunkPolish]

They cant go back to the old house mozzer the Smith's ☺

[@kyoko6399]

I’ve been doing terrible mentally and this song is one of the only things keeping me going. I love it a lot.

[@justinlayedra205]

I feel u same here man hang in there don’t lose hope

[@lastfmdosantos]

same hope you get better

[@milagrosmino7513]

Same here, the smiths saved my life multiple times, I hope you feel better soon

[@63rambler66]

Still hanging in there Kyoko? I should have told you a long time ago how much I really liked you, and still do. Check in once in a while, alright?

[@leonie4322]

this was me last year, i listend to it when times were tough. i look back now and i can listen to it without the harsh reminder of my darkest days. you’ll be fine, just keep on going

[@jennyramos7443]

lyrics ♡ I would rather not go Back to the old house I would rather not go Back to the old house There's too many bad memories Too many memories there When you cycled by Here began all my dreams The saddest thing I've ever seen And you never knew How much I really liked you Because I never even told you Oh, and I meant to Are you still there or have you moved away? Or have you moved away? I would love to go Back to the old house But I never will I never will I never will

[@176gumi]

thank you

[@heavenlywells3818]

Thank you 😊

[@Nyxnuv]

Graciasss

[@_Vittor]

This is one of their best songs.

[@samuelcunha2229]

This is their best song

[@Dylan-or9xs]

This is on of THE best songs

[@SockiThePoser]

For me, this charming man, there is a light that never goes out, and this are tied

[@mikeyfowler11]

One of the best songs absolute nostalgia

[@rjjcms1]

I read that as "about nostalgia" at first.

[@r8j7.7]

​@@rjjcms1why

[@parkerjeanlengle]

This is truly one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, with the most relatable lyrics.

[@user-bz9wk7oi3l]

Real

[@user-xv2pz8vy2q]

1:29 that "oh and i meant to" really hits

[@somemango9587]

God, i missed the smiths so much

[@m.s.7756]

welcome home

[@christophemoynaton4769]

They’re will be intemporel...! 🙏

[@markryland1988]

Were a true light in the darkness of the schizophrenic '80s'.

[@patrickf.7721]

I also greatly miss them, God. Horrible love was so really strong, however misplaced to stumble down to here- now. Only a hint left when I daydream. It was so good.Ouch🌹🦎🥀 Erin.

[@Kim-Cod]

I'm curious to know the age of listeners.... well I'm 46.........??

[@Shoegazing_]

"And you never knew , how much i really liked you .. because i never even told you, oh and i meant to." edit: everyone who liked my comment has an amazing taste in music and deserves all happiness in life

[@ZeniferJenZ]

Yup

[@solofaces7255]

나비 : it’s haunting.

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

it sounds so stupid when read fast

[@Shoegazing_]

@ÖC i know right?

[@earthwormjxm]

I love that line

[@imCOLDholdME]

I grew up in a family of 9, 5 brothers, 1 sister, my parents and myself. The house got foreclosed when I was 17 and we had to move away. We struggled for a long time and got evicted out of multiple places. That old house we grew up in is still there and it’s FULL of good and bad memories. I do want to go back to the old house someday..

[@vuiqlo]

real. i miss my old house, i miss my childhood friends, neighbors, i miss those places... i want to go there someday

[@byebyelove2719]

It's so nice to have a song that those of who don't look back fondly on our childhoods or teenage years or have mixed feelings on it can relate to. Most songs about childhood or youth look at it nostalgically, but it is not a romantic, wonderful time for everyone

[@kameraddima]

"Are you still there or have you moved away?"

[@lianava7273]

:(

[@kevinpolk1991]

It's a devastating lyric, and feeling.

[@Unicorndonutdab]

😔

[@whispersinvenice]

I am sooo obsessed with Johnny Marr and his guitar playing. Just listen to that shit it gives you chills jesus christ.

[@i0ltlt]

I’m ugly crying whenever I hear this song

[@harrietsiddons3941]

honestly real

[@fungi7555]

I listen to this song a lot because it reminds me of my best friend. I can never tell them out loud how important they are to me., but I love them so much. Just the thought of them can make my day. I want to spend the rest of my days with them, they are so wonderful.

[@jam-nc8ut]

Whatever anyone may think of Morrissey now, good or bad, whatever anybody think about how The Smiths split up, or why, we should still celebrate that they existed at all, and created some of the most unique, incredible music ever created. They were heavily influenced, and even more heavily influential, but never, ever replicated. No band ever even came close to this sound.

[@rexcooper3365]

No band came/comes close to the incredible talent and technical expertise of the individual members, and the quality obtained when individual brilliance is correctly harnessed in mutual synergy.

[@kane00000]

Morrissey is an asshole to his band mates. You must have missed out on that opportunity. Playing music in a band that's real takes a mental toll on you and different opinions make people.envious. just saying.

[@jam-nc8ut]

@@kane00000 I really don't know what point you are making here, Kane, or if it is addressed to me. I don't think Morrissey was 'an asshole' to his bandmates at the time, actually, but yes, I missed out on the opportunity of being in a band with Morrissey, that is sadly true. I don't know if you're suggesting I'm envious, or other people are. I really don't follow what you're 'just saying'.

[@kane00000]

@@jam-nc8ut bands create conflict through creative differences. Morrissey comes off like a dick imo because he's smart and stressed from past, being gay at that time. Trauma. So he basically had a low tolerance for bulkshit since he went through so much. He probably was really fyckung cool to his mates but might of come off like a dick when he was just like.. fuck this shit. Just my assumption. I've never read any books by him but I love his music

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

cringe

[@Alphamen2121]

The Smiths, my favorite band from the 80's and even today..🤗💓

[@m7065]

Are you alive?

[@Alphamen2121]

@@m7065 *A think so, for now..😂*

[@ryanlang7195]

My favorite band from the 80s is now dead.

[@super_horror74]

its like lightning in a bottle

[@matthewverkamp3411]

This song makes me think of a relationship I was in years ago. The “old house” is the girl that I loved.

[@mattUniversityofMinnesota]

Me too - and the times when it was real, and how it will never come back. (for me this was 1988) - typing to you March 2022!

[@Kathleenxo___]

Yes, this song isn’t just referring to “an old house” but a time, place, moment. So deep & beautiful!

[@sandrasalguerosalguero9744]

Ks

[@sandrasalguerosalguero9744]

Udbeurbd8jrixkdidkf

[@sandrasalguerosalguero9744]

@@Kathleenxo___ dedadezss

[@xlunarmiax]

i grew up with the smiths, the cure, new order, interpol, and more. whenever i hear them now i think of my dad and the late night drives we take :))

[@wooooosshhhhhh]

thats so adorable.

[@clvrswine]

No one cares.

[@xlunarmiax]

@@clvrswine you do bc you replied.

[@wooooosshhhhhh]

@@clvrswine you mad ahhh 😮😮😮

[@chrisseager1820]

ClvrSwine is there a reason why swine is in your name? Be kind

[@emily-lh6fr]

screaming and sobbing

[@ptv988]

same

[@postpunkzz]

yeah

[@vangelisalmond4798]

Nostalgia about childhood years.Everyone missed the old house.Smiths forever...

[@Doomacs]

This song brings back so many memories , one of those memories is when I would constantly deny my love for someone because I was too scared to fall in love again , a part of me wanted to believe that “love” was just a fantasy.. but part of me knew that “love” was real. I remember I would be so scared to tell people that I’m in love , but now I can finally say it with confidence..

[@milagrosmino7513]

God, you described exactly how I used to feel. I still get that “fear” sometimes. But it's nice to see that someone else once felt the same way and got over it, it keeps me going, thinking that one day I will too

[@Zoxy800]

Funny how easily we can say it after they aren't around to hear it

[@xdf4002]

Except last part everything is same... Still on that low confidence

[@ozil_345]

How great this song is, the feeling and the crying never ends. I want to go back to the old house

[@B1G_MO3]

I'm back at the old house..feels bad man.

[@claytonorchard300]

When you cycled by here began all my dreams

[@TrenerJanBR]

I always thought it said : "When you cycled by in the beginning of all my dreams"

[@TrenerJanBR]

The line is so childish, like a love for your football club or the playground you grew up on, irreplaceable and pure, untainted. And gives some happy, fulfilled feeling spreading from my core.

[@asbeck2413]

@@TrenerJanBR when you cycled by, it began all my dreams

[@saul2623]

@Juan Perez 🤷 who cares?

[@layzbugg7371]

I can't believe I've been in this world for 15 years and just recently discovered this masterpiece:(

[@maxxie5500]

This song is perfect for when you fall in love with someone who you think will never love you back, and then later you've moved on and have someone else, only to realise they were in love with you too :((

[@mariajaine5430]

U mean, the first one secretly loved u too? Must be... Really sad.

[@maxxie5500]

@@mariajaine5430 I was best man at my friends wedding and I had finally gotten over the fact that I didn't just have a crush on him, I had loved him since kindergarten. We all got drunk and I confessed to him that I loved him all through school, he starting crying and told me he wanted to meet my boyfriend but also that he was also in love with me, we were both just too scared to say it because of all the homophobia :/

[@mariajaine5430]

@@maxxie5500 Oh... I didn't know it was that type of history. Anyway, I don't know what I would do in that situation, I don't know... But, I would feel happy cause it has reciprocity

[@maxxie5500]

@@mariajaine5430 Yeah,it's such a great song for all unrequited love😭

[@ihatereigen]

I am going to regret so many things I'm doing, especially not doing, when I get older. I'll feel nostalgic, but not in a way I want all of this to happen again. In a way I'll feel loss, and grief, and I'll mourn for younger me's dreams that were wasted. I know all this but still do nothing different. I know I will stay the same, old me no matter how many small things about me change, it'll always be bitter

[@allthebutterflies111]

This is exactly how i feel

[@elizabethbanks6432]

Ur not alone

[@sponkblob]

same bruh

[@vortex9731]

c'mon man, don't give up on yourself

[@oglynch1921]

Has anything changed? I worry for younger me

[@newmac7617]

This song is just beautiful! Marrvellous!

[@SurferRosa]

wow this song is a piece of art... that bass goes crazy

[@Max-dr6rz]

i liked this girl that worked for my mom at her shop. i would see her in the weekends and everytime i’d go we would talk for a while and laugh together, we got along really well. she was one of the most beautiful girls i seen. i could tell she really liked me too. she eventually got another job. never saw her again and didn’t get her number or anything. never told her how much i really liked her. this song kills me

[@bilhakhavai9859]

That is so sweet. Love is such a complicated thing when it doesn't have to be which is so draining...❤

[@Koshirozation]

haunting beauty

[@dragonborndovazhul8449]

poser lmao edgy boi

[@RandomPerson-ny2th]

One of the best songs ever in my opinion

[@ronjenkijns4743]

My favourite song by my favourite band

[@al_helperin]

One of those songs I'm both extremely grateful to have discovered, but also wish I'd never heard.

[@wendys56]

My parents both recently died and we had to sell the old house. My autistic brother plays this over & over & it makes me so sad for him.

[@salo.5324]

*i'll never forget the first time i heard this song.*

[@morbidmorgan4049]

imagine if they still made music today

[@milkpants]

Marr and Morrissey still produce.

[@jbgra2566]

@@milkpants but not together 😢

[@carlgillespie5161]

They do, you just gotta look for it.

[@demonizernecrokvlt6393]

@@carlgillespie5161 proof?

[@sp691]

Morrissey’s a fascist now so 🤧😔

[@larasayuwidyawati2368]

guys, i passed the Exam, and the result is good

[@Yourgirl6999]

Ahhh I'm actually so happy for you 🫂❤, wish me luck I have my finals in 2 days :(

[@larasayuwidyawati2368]

@@Yourgirl6999 thanks. sure, good luck girl!🌹

[@tobygma]

Man I love this song.

[@antonioeisadora]

How can anybody dislike this????

[@ziggysharko]

maybe bc of morrissey lmao

[@chi8034]

"And you never knew how much I really liked you because I never even told you, oh and I meant to" These lyrics are too relatable. I recently finished high school and looking back at the years now I took everything I had then for granted as I was too fixated on the future not realizing that living in the moment should've been the thing I cared about the most. Learn to live in the moment and cherish everything you have as you don't know what the future can uphold.

[@DaLexaShow]

it’s ok i promise you will like someone again and won’t take it for granted next time ❤️ everything is a lesson

[@chi8034]

@@DaLexaShow Hahaha thank you, everything is infact a lesson. Each lesson makes you stronger

[@Maiqnzu22]

This song always makes me cry. I really miss my childhood but never want to go back..so much bad memories are mixed with nostalgia.

[@SoraKoshinaka]

Oh gosh this song it's too accurate for me, I love it and it makes me sad OMG 🖤😢

[@jamesandersom2520]

Beautiful words,and music.You can't go home again.

[@ecas4315]

“When you cycled by, here began all my dreams” felt that

[@user-ud7yz9qs7v]

Dear random person,you have very good taste🫶🏻

[@abdulahhajjo3881]

Same too you, may god bless you in this journey we call life ❤️🙌🏾

[@user-gl8rm5pm9s]

every smith lover has ty

[@j.r.goralczyk4182]

Today is my 18th birthday and I'm looking back on all the things I will be leaving behind soon, and all the things I will have missed out on..

[@janismorrissey]

Happy birthday ✨ I know It's kinda weird turn 18

[@lachyreid25]

That hit me holy fuck, i truly hope all is well brother

[@danielakatzenbecher2811]

Are you still with us?

[@drucedarkhart]

I’m 19, going to be 20 in January. I’m still a kid, just fresh into college and no clue what’s ahead. I’ve stopped thinking of things like marriage, I’m just living and seeing where the road takes me.

[@tojisgf8873]

there's too many bad memories, too many memories

[@postpunkzz]

yeah

[@primal5265]

This song reminds me of this man who lives on my road across from me. Since i moved here he had a little caramel and white dog id always see him take outside or sit on his porch with. I only spoke to him a few times but i could always tell he was a sweet man. A few months ago his dog passed and i don't really see him go outside anymore, but i do see him sit in his doorway still, without his little dog watching the rain and the sun. breaks my heart.

[@peepeepoops]

this is heartbreaking :(

[@DonovanJSzypura]

Such a beautiful song; I never really listened much to the Smith and Morrisey; actually only know the radio plays of them, but this song shows how great they were; I mean, listen to the guitar and how Morrisey curved around his poetry, and this great melody supported by a groovy bassline and just the right rhythm. Brilliant!

[@williamrodgers8302]

Man both this one and the acoustic version are incredible.

[@gromy4671]

This song hits so hard man. I loved her so much and it was so painful to do it. When we'd talk for hours late into the night everyday even on school nights it was so amazing. She was perfect. She felt like the female version of me. I told her everything and she told me everything, we had inside jokes, she would make me laugh so hard my pillow would be soaked wet from tears. And all that seemingly lost overnight it felt. Suddenly our conversations got drier, she started getting mad at me for small things or things I didn't even do. She started talking shit about me and telling people my secrets. But this was the last straw. She and her friend have been telling me that my best friend was fake and openly saying how much he disliked me and was only friends with me because he felt bad. This stung because I'm so close with him. I tried ignoring him throughout the day but I just couldn't. I texted him about it and he told me they've been telling him the same thing. She's trying to split me and my friends up. I don't know what i did to be hated this much where she's trying to ruin my life. Is she bored? Did I do something? Last night she texted me and apologized saying that she's been upset lately as has been getting mad at everyone especially me. This shocked me because A: She never apologizes ever B: It came right after a long conversation with my sister about how i should just let her go and she texts me that right after. We talked a bit and called for a couple hours like we did before. It felt like old times but I knew it was wrong in the back of my mind. I've tried so hard to fall out of love with her. Words can't ever emphasize how hard I tried to stop thinking about how funny she is, how beautiful her eyes are, the way we'd talk, the way her accent comes out when she gets mad, how hard she would laugh at my jokes and after almost dying follow up with "shut up, you're not even funny" while still laughing, how she'd compliment me, not on purpose, she just said what was on her mind, how she'd listen to me rant about baseball and at least try to understand it, I could go on and on about all the little things I loved about her. Everyone's telling me I need to let her go but I don't think I ever will. I don't think I'll ever be as close with anybody again as I was with her. I really wonder if she knew how much I really liked her. I doubt it. Edit: A couple months ago I wrote a paragraph 7 times the size of this one talking about what has happened since this comment. I immeaditely deleted. Sometimes its better to leave things in the past. 6/20/2024

[@Dryrubbersock]

Damn, that was crazy and really sad. You should become a musician just to write a song about it. Words cannot explain the feelings I felt while reading your comment

[@elianab1794]

I hope you feel better soon. I don't have anything meaningful to add, but I feel you, man.

[@midgard2156]

I dedicated this song to my pets that passed away, always gonna miss them. Anywhere they are now i hope they're okay. To the ones that i love: Xena, Salem, Fifito, Ruella... Thanks for eveerything.

[@OdinHardware]

swinging in 80;s times through this song

[@solarispramoedya2441]

Love this song, my friday night is much much better now thanks to the smiths

[@Sandy-iz5ec]

I' m 50, this song describes my life. Sad really. Love hurts, always. I gave my heart and i got so little in exchange ,, so many memories...

[@baackieeeee]

"I would love to go back to the old house, but i never will... i never will, i never will..." i wish i could😓

[@marcchrys]

Ashamed to say I'd never really listened to this before, but it came on as I was playing Hatful of Hollow in the car and it literally blew me away with its beauty..such gorgeous semi-classical guitar and perfectly matched yearning nostalgic vocals

[@turtleshell8835]

my favourite the smiths song ever it’s so beautifully written

[@Sophie_lly]

this song makes me cry and smile at the same time...

[@gio._.machwano]

bro same.

[@Bennyisnthomo]

when my childhood best friend passed, i didn’t find out till a week later. when i got the call, i was listening to the smiths radio. after i hung up, this song played.

[@TheTKTwins.]

May his soul rest

[@kamorx9624]

It's 3 am and I'm lost mentally

[@giosami2719]

You good

[@gokuasaki]

It’s 4 am on a Saturday morning and I’m ab to clock in…

[@kamorx9624]

Yea bro i finally found the one but idk if she wants me as much as i want her😫​@giosami2719

[@0useruser065]

reminds me so much of this one person, i was singing the smiths THIS SONG and he continued singing with me, we were such a perfect pair he was the complete opposite but we matched each others personalities so much and he was so caring helped me out at my worst and everything, literal soulmates. But then we drifted away from rumours

[@zl4_u]

How is this song is so relatable??? “ i would rather not go back to the old house”☹️☹️ MAN I REALLY MISS THEM SM BUT I WONT GO AND TELL THEM IM SCARED ☹️☹️☹️☹️

[@camillasantaana9694]

This song sounds so romantic! 🥰

[@letsstartawarsaidmaggieoneday]

obama

[@camillasantaana9694]

@@letsstartawarsaidmaggieoneday obama

[@Dynamov200]

amabo

[@camillasantaana9694]

@@Dynamov200 Não

[@samiha2838]

obama4life 💪

[@m.theus7]

Essa música tem vários SENTIMENTOS que me identifico

[@kaijudude_]

This makes me think of my childhood living in Maine in the 90s I'm 31 now. Can't say the house I grew up in had bad memories but just the tone of this song makes me think of good times of care free innocence.

[@serenitatis8074]

A very striking song for me. Relatable and nostalgic. Thank you.

[@Yesbutactuallyno]

I’m listening to this song repeatedly, and crying repeatedly.. back to the old house, i felt every single word!

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Andy Rourke (January 17, 1964 - May 19, 2023), aged 59 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@vaporgaze3102]

I listen to this song and cry for my friend. I can't ever go back to the old house...

[@riley.freeman1]

Ngl i miss her , it's been 6 months and she is the first thing in ma mind when i wake up and she the last thought before i sleep ( she moved on, I'm cooked )

[@alpan387]

true story, relatable. "I never even told you, oh and I meant to"...

[@haileyig4930]

i miss my old house .

[@beatrizmarinho339]

Minha música favorita. Não importa quantos anos passem, sempre estou escutando.

[@yasalahahd]

sim.

[@leonardoliveira6362]

Concordo contigo!

[@thallyspontual8004]

Uma das minhas preferidas!

[@isidorafonsecalopez9743]

come to brazil!!!!

[@bruno.silva7776]

Exatamente!!! é uma das melhores músicas deles, the smiths e a melhor banda de todos os tempos

[@kvnwolfe7820]

La primera vez que escuche este tema, me enamore completamente. Que manera de representar toda la angustia y malos recuerdos que te producen las viejas casas en las que hemos vivido parte de nuestras vidas. Grandes The Smiths, unos genios

[@kimochiii883]

yo tomo "casa' como metáfora

[@e.8023]

Personalmente, creo que la canción habla de dos viejas casas distintas. La primera seria el lugar presente, que trae malas memorias por todo lo que paso ahi. Morrissey ya no quiere ir ahí porque ya no es lo mismo, y la persona que estaba en ese lugar se ha ido. En la última estrofa, Morrissey habla de querer volver a la vieja casa aunque nunca lo hará, que para mí representa ese anhelo de volver al pasado, cuando las cosas eran distintas, aunque ya no es posible porque todo ha cambiado. Espero que se me entienda bien.

[@yazeedalharbi7]

I love the smiths

[@lyswax]

I miss my old life sm

[@lone-wolf-yt]

*_Sexta-feira, 18 de Maio de 2019. 9h e 17min._* Brasileiro também gosta de coisas maravilhosas. São poucos perto do mar de antas, mas existem. *_I love The Smiths. The Smiths is timeless_*

[@Mattwarszawa]

Pqp como eu odeio cachorro

[@Lagosta777]

@@Mattwarszawa eu nao gosto de cachorro

[@Lagosta777]

@LUIZA ta doida luiza

[@Lagosta777]

@LUIZA desculpa

[@SabitraBasnet-sy8bu]

o my lord what a beautiful song😌

[@VAM1P_0]

Just listening to this when sad hits me different

[@carljuztine3328]

it hits so hard when the lyrics literally tells your story haha

[@lokisgir]

I miss the old house so much it doesn't even know, it hurts

[@knosmith1720]

the most replayed part of the song is " and you never knew how much i really liked you cause i never even told you" im hoping everyone reading this cuts themselves some slack, you deserve it❤

[@ceniceros5874]

the way this song makes me feel, i dont think i can ever find it again in any other

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

Such a fun one to learn on bass. RIP Andy Rourke.

[@cxmxg]

This song has helped me so much

[@feverdreamsofananxiousghos1064]

I relate to this so much more than I would like to. Craving to go back, for memory's sake, but once you're there, you realize what this place meant to you. Your brain remembers your childhood, a time where worry was a foreign concept. But your body, it remembers the rest. It remembers the room where you felt safe, but also where you were trapped. It remembers the living room, where you could only live at breakfast, lunch and dinner, and, if you were in luck, whenever your drunk father wasn't there. It remembers your first ever room, remembers how it was. Remembers how the childish patterns were painted over in blue when your brother inevitably got the room. It remembers how you were only ever in the back. Of pictures, because you were the tallest and you didn't need attention as much as the younger ones. Of the corridor, because you wanted to be far from them. Of the dining tables, always ready to leave as soon as your plate was finished. Because god forbid you didn't like something. God forbid you were full. Your body remembers how it gagged, when your father inevitably made you stay up until midnight to eat your plate, then would serve it back to you for breakfast. Remembers how disgusted you were. Remembers the tears. It remembers how you were never listened to, and eventually stopped listening to yourself. And your brain sees how much it changed. It sees how the new occupants have painted over your brother's blue, over your green, over your sister's gray. Painted over every mark of a nice memory. Painted over your old house, and made it their new one. And you feel so unwelcome. Because you were never welcome, and because you are even less now. You'd want to cry, but you can't. It would be ridiculous. It is already ridiculous. How could you have forgotten ? How could you have ever thought it would be different? And now, you're crying? But you're not just crying because you're not welcome. You're crying because you miss it. You're crying because it's ridiculous that you could miss something that hurt you so much, but you do. And you feel bad. So you go home. The real home. Your real home. And you promise yourself never to go again. One summer, you're bored, and you miss your old house. You've forgotten the promise. You've forgotten last time. And you go back. And it's all the same as before. And you cry, because you were hopeful. Like you always are.

[@nridge1503]

This song makes me wanna hide under my bed and never come out.

[@oyku5482]

This song is the highlight of my life tbh

[@cafinario]

Beautiful, Johnny’s guitar playing, a delicacy.