"I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar"
I'm a product of my own shyness. What you see now, my behaviour now, is the consequence of years and years of shyness and being scared to deal with people.
"I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular"
But it's nothing important, really. Just like me.
"You shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does"
This is towards the people who are always giving me advice about how to get women
and tell me what I'm doing doesn't work, that I need to do such and such.
But then, I want people who love me for who I am, not who I appear to be.
Who are they to tell me my methods are wrong?
"There's a club if you'd like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to die"
This is really self explanatory (and highly biographical for me...)
I go to a club, which is supposedly the dating scene or whatever, but then
nobody really gives a shit about me and I'm too self-conscious to start dancing
because I've tried it before and only made a fool out myself.
So I stand there alone. Then I go home. Cry. Want to die.
"When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone"
People are always telling me that "oh you'll find someone one of these days"
Yeah, but when? I'm tired of looking and always come up with empty disappointment.
Nobody's interested in me and the girls I get interested in don't really care about me.
So I think I won't get anyone, cause when I really really want it to happen, it never does.
(Here's when I start listening to "Please please please, let me get what I want")
@RockyHoward - I hope you don't still feel this way. This sounds exactly like what my husband use to say happened to him (get that? He's my husband and he waited for 3.5 decades!) Anyhow, this is his favorite song and I think you both interpret the lyrics the same way. It makes me sad to think about him that way (in his old life) and sad to think that anyone else might be going through this. This might sounds cliche and empty but "hang in there... "
@RockyHoward - I hope you don't still feel this way. This sounds exactly like what my husband use to say happened to him (get that? He's my husband and he waited for 3.5 decades!) Anyhow, this is his favorite song and I think you both interpret the lyrics the same way. It makes me sad to think about him that way (in his old life) and sad to think that anyone else might be going through this. This might sounds cliche and empty but "hang in there... "
I like your meaning but want to add my thoughts on this sentence:
I like your meaning but want to add my thoughts on this sentence:
I am the son refers to nature. I am the heir refers to nurture. Basically they recognize what mother nature has given them and what they were taught (inherited). They are saying both nature and nurture has made them into this person who they are.
I am the son refers to nature. I am the heir refers to nurture. Basically they recognize what mother nature has given them and what they were taught (inherited). They are saying both nature and nurture has made them into this person who they are.
I am the son and heir of nothing in particular means they don't stick out because of anything nature or how they were raised sticks out.
I am the son and heir of nothing in particular means they don't stick out because of anything nature or how they were raised sticks out.
I am human and I need to be loved is dismissing everything nature and nurture did and gets to the very basic of what every human needs: Love.
@rockyhoward Why do you assume it's about 'getting women'? Knowing Morrissey it's probably about getting men.
@rockyhoward Why do you assume it's about 'getting women'? Knowing Morrissey it's probably about getting men.
Here's a tip - it's probably the way you think about women that turns them off you. 'Getting women' and 'methods'... women aren't objects for you to 'obtain' by some tried and true pulling method. How about conceptualising them as whole human beings with their own dreams and hopes and insecurities and getting to know them first without an ulterior motive to get in their pants..that might get you somewhere.
Here's a tip - it's probably the way you think about women that turns them off you. 'Getting women' and 'methods'... women aren't objects for you to 'obtain' by some tried and true pulling method. How about conceptualising them as whole human beings with their own dreams and hopes and insecurities and getting to know them first without an ulterior motive to get in their pants..that might get you somewhere.
@rockyhoward I hope that this still isn't the case with you! Although I understand completely the way you feel, I felt the same and I hated going out because of it. I think this is a human condition no matter who you are attracted to!
@rockyhoward I hope that this still isn't the case with you! Although I understand completely the way you feel, I felt the same and I hated going out because of it. I think this is a human condition no matter who you are attracted to!
@rockyhoward I would add that the person Morrissey is talking to in this song is an authority/parental figure. I'd say either his mother or father. A parent can often critique that you are "going about things in the wrong way." The parent is suggesting that he goes to the club and such, and he never really connects with anybody. He is getting nagging unhelpful advice; his mother or father are vague and just say "it" (I'd say connection, love) will happen now... but it just isn't happening for him.
@rockyhoward I would add that the person Morrissey is talking to in this song is an authority/parental figure. I'd say either his mother or father. A parent can often critique that you are "going about things in the wrong way." The parent is suggesting that he goes to the club and such, and he never really connects with anybody. He is getting nagging unhelpful advice; his mother or father are vague and just say "it" (I'd say connection, love) will happen now... but it just isn't happening for him.
@rockyhoward
It's extremely prejudice of you to assume the singer is the teller and the object of the singer is the opposite gender. Most (if not all) the songs were genderless and inherently ambiguous for ANY listener to relate to. I also feel justified in thinking the author would also validate/agree with my answer to you
@rockyhoward
It's extremely prejudice of you to assume the singer is the teller and the object of the singer is the opposite gender. Most (if not all) the songs were genderless and inherently ambiguous for ANY listener to relate to. I also feel justified in thinking the author would also validate/agree with my answer to you
Here's what I think:
"I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar"
I'm a product of my own shyness. What you see now, my behaviour now, is the consequence of years and years of shyness and being scared to deal with people.
"I am the son and the heir of nothing in particular"
But it's nothing important, really. Just like me.
"You shut your mouth how can you say I go about things the wrong way I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does"
This is towards the people who are always giving me advice about how to get women and tell me what I'm doing doesn't work, that I need to do such and such. But then, I want people who love me for who I am, not who I appear to be. Who are they to tell me my methods are wrong?
"There's a club if you'd like to go you could meet somebody who really loves you so you go, and you stand on your own and you leave on your own and you go home, and you cry and you want to die"
This is really self explanatory (and highly biographical for me...) I go to a club, which is supposedly the dating scene or whatever, but then nobody really gives a shit about me and I'm too self-conscious to start dancing because I've tried it before and only made a fool out myself. So I stand there alone. Then I go home. Cry. Want to die.
"When you say it's gonna happen "now" well, when exactly do you mean? see I've already waited too long and all my hope is gone"
People are always telling me that "oh you'll find someone one of these days" Yeah, but when? I'm tired of looking and always come up with empty disappointment. Nobody's interested in me and the girls I get interested in don't really care about me. So I think I won't get anyone, cause when I really really want it to happen, it never does.
(Here's when I start listening to "Please please please, let me get what I want")
@RockyHoward - I hope you don't still feel this way. This sounds exactly like what my husband use to say happened to him (get that? He's my husband and he waited for 3.5 decades!) Anyhow, this is his favorite song and I think you both interpret the lyrics the same way. It makes me sad to think about him that way (in his old life) and sad to think that anyone else might be going through this. This might sounds cliche and empty but "hang in there... "
@RockyHoward - I hope you don't still feel this way. This sounds exactly like what my husband use to say happened to him (get that? He's my husband and he waited for 3.5 decades!) Anyhow, this is his favorite song and I think you both interpret the lyrics the same way. It makes me sad to think about him that way (in his old life) and sad to think that anyone else might be going through this. This might sounds cliche and empty but "hang in there... "
I am the son and the heir
I am the son and the heir
I like your meaning but want to add my thoughts on this sentence:
I like your meaning but want to add my thoughts on this sentence:
I am the son refers to nature. I am the heir refers to nurture. Basically they recognize what mother nature has given them and what they were taught (inherited). They are saying both nature and nurture has made them into this person who they are.
I am the son refers to nature. I am the heir refers to nurture. Basically they recognize what mother nature has given them and what they were taught (inherited). They are saying both nature and nurture has made them into this person who they are.
I am the son and heir of nothing in particular means they don't stick out because of anything nature or how they were raised sticks out.
I am the son and heir of nothing in particular means they don't stick out because of anything nature or how they were raised sticks out.
I am human and I need to be loved is dismissing everything nature and nurture did and gets to the very basic of what every human needs: Love.
OMG now this makes so much sense now! And it's exactly how I've been feeling like for a long time! (and still feel sometimes...) :'(
OMG now this makes so much sense now! And it's exactly how I've been feeling like for a long time! (and still feel sometimes...) :'(
@rockyhoward Why do you assume it's about 'getting women'? Knowing Morrissey it's probably about getting men.
@rockyhoward Why do you assume it's about 'getting women'? Knowing Morrissey it's probably about getting men.
Here's a tip - it's probably the way you think about women that turns them off you. 'Getting women' and 'methods'... women aren't objects for you to 'obtain' by some tried and true pulling method. How about conceptualising them as whole human beings with their own dreams and hopes and insecurities and getting to know them first without an ulterior motive to get in their pants..that might get you somewhere.
Here's a tip - it's probably the way you think about women that turns them off you. 'Getting women' and 'methods'... women aren't objects for you to 'obtain' by some tried and true pulling method. How about conceptualising them as whole human beings with their own dreams and hopes and insecurities and getting to know them first without an ulterior motive to get in their pants..that might get you somewhere.
@rockyhoward I hope that this still isn't the case with you! Although I understand completely the way you feel, I felt the same and I hated going out because of it. I think this is a human condition no matter who you are attracted to!
@rockyhoward I hope that this still isn't the case with you! Although I understand completely the way you feel, I felt the same and I hated going out because of it. I think this is a human condition no matter who you are attracted to!
@rockyhoward I would add that the person Morrissey is talking to in this song is an authority/parental figure. I'd say either his mother or father. A parent can often critique that you are "going about things in the wrong way." The parent is suggesting that he goes to the club and such, and he never really connects with anybody. He is getting nagging unhelpful advice; his mother or father are vague and just say "it" (I'd say connection, love) will happen now... but it just isn't happening for him.
@rockyhoward I would add that the person Morrissey is talking to in this song is an authority/parental figure. I'd say either his mother or father. A parent can often critique that you are "going about things in the wrong way." The parent is suggesting that he goes to the club and such, and he never really connects with anybody. He is getting nagging unhelpful advice; his mother or father are vague and just say "it" (I'd say connection, love) will happen now... but it just isn't happening for him.
@rockyhoward It's extremely prejudice of you to assume the singer is the teller and the object of the singer is the opposite gender. Most (if not all) the songs were genderless and inherently ambiguous for ANY listener to relate to. I also feel justified in thinking the author would also validate/agree with my answer to you
@rockyhoward It's extremely prejudice of you to assume the singer is the teller and the object of the singer is the opposite gender. Most (if not all) the songs were genderless and inherently ambiguous for ANY listener to relate to. I also feel justified in thinking the author would also validate/agree with my answer to you