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

Official Audio for Back To The Old House by The Smiths

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

[kurapika]

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.

[subterraneanhomesickalien]

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

[samvanschie]

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.

[Sofi-do]

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

[mateogonzalez]

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

[ponyboygarfunkel]

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...

[maddiemedina]

"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.

[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."*

[jesseteodoro]

1:04 "when you cycled by, there began all my dreams." Dang 😢 man these lyrics

[Sillygoose]

My grandpa passed away a couple of days ago and I just visited his house. My family were really close and we’d always have lunch there, with my grandparents and everyone else. It’s no longer the same without him, I truly will never go back to the old house.

[jennyramos]

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

[stef-qkhu]

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

[kyoko]

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

[AbdulAli-mgxh]

I can't listen to this without crying. It's beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.

[Marola_lin.]

He literally never gonna know who much I really love him 💔

[kylebos]

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

[mikeyfowler]

One of the best songs absolute nostalgia

[sofiasstage]

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

[sumikxx_]

'And you never knew, how much I really liked you." damn that hit hard.

[jam-ncut]

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.