A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths

With this song, more so than any of its predecessors (and many of its descendants), Morrissey mastered the great lyricists’ skill of saying an awful lot to those who were listening, without actually saying anything in particular to those who were scrutinizing.

He called it “I Won’t Share You,” and the others recalled that as he sang it, shivers shot down their spines. For aside from the beauty of his performance, the manner in which he once more so deftly matched his songwriting partner’s musical motif, it raised the question: who was he not willing to share?