The Smiths - the hand that rocks the cradle

이 노래는 사랑하는 이를 어둠과 고통으로부터 보호하겠다는 결심을 표현하고 있으며, 그들의 눈속에서 삶의 의미를 찾고 이를 통해 사랑의 진정한 가치와 헌신을 강조한다
잃어버린 아이와의 기억을 떠올리며 다시는 그런 아픔을 겪지 않겠다는 다짐을 통해 깊은 사랑과 상실의 감정을 드러낸다

Please don't cry
For the ghost and the storm outside
Will not invade this sacred shrine
Nor infiltrate your mind
My life down I shall lie
If the bogey man should try
To play tricks on your sacred mind
To tease, torment, and tantalize
Wavering shadows loom
A piano plays in an empty room
There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight
And when darkness lifts and the room is bright
I'll still be by your side
For you are all that matters
And I'll love you till the day I die
There never need be longing in your eyes
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
Ceiling shadows shimmy by
And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey
There's sadness in your beautiful eyes
Oh, your untouched, unsoiled, wondrous eyes
My life down I shall lie
Should restless spirits try
To play tricks on your sacred mind
I once had a child, and it saved my life
And I never even asked his name
I just looked into his wondrous eyes
And said, "Never, never, never again"