I know they take and that they take in turn / And they give you nothing real for yourself in return / But when they've used you and they've broken you / And wasted all your money and cast your shell aside / And when they've bought you and they've sold you / And they've billed you for the pleasure and they've made your parents cry

“It was written with Johnny Marr in mind and it is the only song that I have written with him in mind, post-Smiths. I saw him in the music industry being used and being pushed around and being manipulated and I felt I was in a situation and I thought, ‘Look at me, look at you – it’s the same, it’s …