I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
The Smiths Lyrics

Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means
And I doused another venture
With a gesture
That was absolutely vile

I started something
I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly
Never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means
And now eighteen months' hard labor
Seems fair enough

I started something
And I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly
Never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

I started something
I started something
Typical me, typical me
Typical me, typical me
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

OK Stephen, do that again?

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: STEVEN MORRISSEY, JOHNNY MARR

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"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" is a song by The Smiths. It was released as a single in November 1987, reaching #23 in the UK Singles Chart.

It was the second of three UK singles from the band's last studio album Strangeways, Here We Come, and was released after the band had announced their split. The record company had originally intended to release Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before as a single in the UK but felt this would Read Full Bio"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" is a song by The Smiths. It was released as a single in November 1987, reaching #23 in the UK Singles Chart.

It was the second of three UK singles from the band's last studio album Strangeways, Here We Come, and was released after the band had announced their split. The record company had originally intended to release Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before as a single in the UK but felt this would be inappropriate following the Hungerford massacre (the lyrics contain a reference to "mass murder").

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Miray Abou Assaleh

2y↑47

The lanes were silent
There was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles
I doused our friendly venture
With a hard-faced
Three-word gesture

I started something
I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly
Never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means
And I doused another venture
With a gesture
That was absolutely vile

I started something
I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly
Never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means
And now eighteen months' hard labor
Seems fair enough

I started something
And I forced you to a zone
And you were clearly
Never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

I started something
I started something
Typical me, typical me
Typical me, typical me
Typical me, typical me
Typical me
I started something
And now I'm not too sure

OK Stephen, do that again?

Ashley Williams

1y↑5

Beercan de Borde

The Scatter and the Revolver:
Thales of Miletus
the awakening of one
before a rusty blade
for, life is a
book western
a place so made
in a final showdown
in a final program
in which we struggle
for margarine prizes
for cracks in the light
or, the Platonic Forms
in crucibles poured
for immortality
in the philosopher's stone
or, a just a little gold
a smile and a kiss
in a reflected mist
to call our molds
a home at last
in the leverage
of the father of maths
-Beercan de Borde

Beercan de Borde

Humanity was this monster.
It died in its sleep.
It runs around headless,
maintaining its keep.
One ring to rule them,
one ring I think.
One ring to find them,
dead in the stink.
They called in the final
program for us.
We all saw the same last thing.
It's linked to warfare, the cradle, and drugs.
The circle is as dead
as the dark lord's ring.
-Antwerk Tar

Beercan de Borde

Vitruvian men,
bisected catherine wheel,
sadistic contra dance,
knights versus aristocracy,
crux of the cradle of civilization,
a psychological cross,
elusive metalsmiths,
the nightmare continues,
clinging to modernity,
dark, like Newton
or, Da Vinci.
-Beercan de Borde

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All comments from YouTube:

Erdem Günsel

2y↑174

Isnt background supposed to be strangeways here we come poster

3rdman

Clearly put up by some intern who didn't give a shyte.

YaKi

10w

I started something I can't finish tf

YaKi

10w

The fckin tittle is wrong

Garth Vader

12w↑1

@sexobscura No. It isn't.

sexobscura

16w

@Applemask
and the band because it's an old Bowie B-Side

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bailey clifford

2y↑130

Every age group love the smiths
Im 19
My dads 50
My gran is 80

And we all appreciate the smiths

MF Xandro

15w↑1

Im 14

Seden Yavuz

16w

ım 20 :) ı

Maggie Åhr

32w

I'm 18 haha

Porsu pollo

51w↑1

I'm in the balls of my dad and i like the smiths, i wish people from my generation could appreciate the smiths as much as i do.

Achlys

1y↑4

@Dapper Turtle I think I saw you on another comment saying the same thing. Ironic. You could stop others from caring, but not yourself.

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Sergej Lovrekovic

2y↑124

oh come on joyce, i know you are managing this channel and its cool you're uploading official audios but get the covers right!!!

Jake Zywek

20w↑4

I'm pretty sure I walked past him in Wigan town centre. He was walking towards The Wiend, the bit near the library and that tatty restaurant that pretends to be haute cuisine.

KaanSamil

1y↑7

and even the song's name is printed wrong.

blackgargamel

2y↑9

@linuxel33t I'd like to meet him just to shake his hand and thank him..

Sergej Lovrekovic

2y↑3

@linuxel33t that's really really cool!

linuxel33t

2y↑20

I live in Manchester and it's pretty common to see him out and about round here!

나비

2y↑92

How can a band make me think so different about life with words only.

Lucas Montenegro

2y↑4

Or you are going through something in your life.

Lucas Montenegro

2y↑2

You are probably easily manipulable.

linuxel33t

2y↑9

It's Morrissey with the words. It's because he'has a deep understanding of suffering that so many people relate to his lyrics.I live in his hometown, and, trust me, we're all acquainted with suffering.

Aldo Castro

2y↑32

Typical Me, Typical Me, Typical Me.

Jacqueline Morris

2y↑77

Does anyone else dance around their room like a teenager again when listening to certain Smith's songs?!!!......it can't be just me! 🤦‍♀️

strangewayshere

33w↑1

Did anybody stick daffodils in their back pocket and wear national health glasses?

Quebec

1y↑1

Yup! Just like Morrissey too!

Kyle Howells

1y↑3

wish there was a love button instead of like

Coke Sucker BR

2y↑3

That's because we never stop being teenagers

Gold Fella Tim

I do that with Mr. Bungle

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Bryce Sterling

2y↑168

Every time somebody complains about morrissey canceling shows I link them this song. Real morrissey fans understand how he feels as a person.

Bryce Sterling

1y↑2

@Callum1Harvey that one too! <3

Dapper Turtle

1y↑3

And you don't seem to understand how no one cares. Delete this.

Callum1Harvey

1y↑14

You’d be better off linking them ‘I don’t owe you anything’.

Claire Trousers

2y↑10

People believe their idols should die on the stage for them.

JoséFrancisco Vargas González

2y↑38

I started loving The Smiths years ago, I can't finish

Melvin Nance

2y↑47

What a wonderful way to begin my day today.

Adam Puntigliano

1y↑12

3:40 "Ok Stephen shall we do that again?"

Miray Abou Assaleh

2y↑47

bailey clifford

2y↑40

This band Will live on till the end of times

Kely Regina

2y↑29

The Smiths para sempre

Maggie Åhr

33w

Para sempre 💖

Ferry Yap

2y↑30

This song is amazing! And the lyrics :(

Ángel McFly

2y↑2

Haha, nice

Max Read

30w↑12

I never lived through the wonderful 80s, I'm 14. Yet you will never meet a bigger Smiths fan than me

Ludwig

1y↑14

why does the image in the video say "I started something I can't finish" when the song title is "I started something i couldn't finish"

eggspress

@saint molly ohhhhh lol i thought the smiths youtube channel intern was called joyce or smth lmao

saint molly

@eggspress Mike Joyce

eggspress

16w

Sophia DeVal who is joyce

Sophia DeVal

32w

Joyce made a mistake

Zaxter Deep

48w↑4

Love this song I just wish they used that bangin guitar part from the beginning more

aaron frost

35w↑3

2:19 Morrissey does a terrible impression of Yoda before it was cool.

Madame Hadomadam

2y↑5

It's probably already mentionned somewhere down the scroll but I need to say it again : that <3 song <3 features on "Strangeways, here we come" not on "Meat is murder" :/

Yvonne Watkinson

38w↑4

I love the smiths. I don't get this song? Tell me Smiths lovers. 🤔

Adela Nery

2y↑13

Nueva canción favorita alv ! It's amazing!

Nadia Araoz

36w↑2

Me every time I star a drawing but get bored or frustrated and leave it :(

Esmeralda Vall

2y↑7

in yoda's voice
THat's wHAt YOU dId to mE

Hydrorational

THAT'S WHAT TRADITION MEANS

Lola Correa

1y↑2

what you did to me, that's what

Sandro Penha

2y↑16

Brasil loves Smiths!!!!!

Maggie Åhr

33w↑1

Definitivamente 💖💖💖

Vai Brasil

2y↑2

Com certeza! 👏👏👏❤❤❤

secret owl

2y↑9

Their best song!
Awesome

Ashley Williams

1y↑5

Lucas Prado

2y↑10

BIUTIFUL

Vai Brasil

2y↑5

Fico sempre bem quando ouço Morrissey. 😍😍😍

Duncan Brimble

2y↑6

Love these uploads.

sofi jkkk

2y↑11

Uma DELICIA 💖

Dynamo Blanco

2y↑2

Sopa de macaco

Dynamo Blanco

Kkkk

Lori Rothenbush

40w↑1

Great exercise beat.......when stuck housebound at this time or anytime. Thanks Moz and the Band....love ya!!

kirk thiago pedroso

2y↑8

que banda PHooooda!!!
😎

Ge Ferreira

2y↑4

É simplesmente a melhor banda!! 😍❤💓

Leandro Oliveira

51w↑2

Eu amo Morissey, nunca irá existir outro que tenha o carisma que ele têm!

Flynn Taylor

1y↑3

Date rape, how brave of Morrissey to put it out there. I know very few songs about such delicate social issues short of areosmith doing janies got a gun and amos singing about her sexual assault. I think this song was first for me as identification but morrisey does have an incredibly dark mind. I love his work, he is a lyrical powerhouse 😲😎🤣

Noob s

2y↑7

😍

sexobscura

16w↑1

what are the meaning of these words …

Mixioner

2y↑8

💛💛

Yvonne Watkinson

29w↑1

Please please listen to the lyrics x funny sad. Odd. Love the smiths😁🤔❤️

Thiago Passos

2y↑10

👏🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏🇧🇷

Maggie Åhr

33w↑1

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Vai Brasil

Brasil sempre presente. 😍😍😍

Thiago Passos

2y↑1

@Nunes Alves VITÓRIA NA GUERRA IRMÃO

Mon Sun

2y↑6

Woooow 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

Felipe López Santiago

2y↑5

🕺🏽🙆🏽‍♂️😃😃

David Ellis

2y↑6

And You Were Clearly Never Met To Go. So , Don't Go !

Captain Pugwash

1y↑1

It's called hindsight

Christian Brady

2y↑2

Love love love it

mnllva 77

chale me recuerda va mi ex:'(

Bugsy Siegel

2y↑4

Always

Dais

2y↑3

💖❤💖❤💖

Patrick Clayton

2y↑1

ok steven do that again .Not to me you wont

ScatKat

48w

1:20

Ainur Rahmawati

46w

adakah orang indonesia yg dengerin ini? let me know haha kita temenan lewat musik.

Shane V

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Lilia Zarradd

This describes me

Fluff McPuffles

2y↑4

my favorite smiths song

Brazillionaire Mma

26w

Me @ every smiths song except golden lights

Beercan de Borde

Max Taylor

2y↑1

#Trexit

Beercan de Borde

Humanity has a flaw called the predatory killing instinct. It needs to be extinguished with books and eradicated with medicine and genetic replacement. Look around. Cure the human animals!

Pam Doyle

30w

Whoever added this doesn’t understand the Smiths’ beautiful use of the English language by not stating the correct title. This song I’d called “I started something I COULDN’T finish”. The Smiths would be ashamed!!

Beercan de Borde

The truth is that psychological health is an expensive and time consuming journey both rich in the world's traditions and afforded by fewer and fewer.

Beercan de Borde

Project Final Program:
Autopilot until world crash, possibly linked to insanity, ambition, and a billion human hands. Measured and somehow linked to computers. Do you believe?

Beercan de Borde

THINK BIG! A Transparent Synchronistic Overlay:
Why is music constantly related to metals? And, why is it so elusive in its concepts? Music is like metalsmithing in that it is common to want to express the most complex form and technique. It is part of the creative perspective to mean a sort of harm to the viewer or listener because it helps detach the artist and they get more from the process. Lyrics are poetic and they may use a lot of heavy allusion and other rhetorical techniques. I don't think musicians or screenwriters mean harm. I think they mean a lot of harm simply because it's fun and they can. They want the biggest concepts and the heaviest processes. Like with science, religion is an easy target. They may use an early news process in order to seem prophetic to the trickle down. Why not? It's common to later hide the complexity for even more effect. Today, every telegraph (computer) is simplified and buried for complex associations, but the trail of metals still begins with a ring. Mills are modern, yes, but the Pythagorean relationship remains hidden. What machine shop class has a history of metals? The music traditions are like the sacred arts and only the best can stray from the traditional. In short, the heaviest engineering concepts are all metal based and when Pythagoras developed harmonics in sacred geometry he strung metal weights and did the resulting math.
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Beercan de Borde

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