How Soon Is Now? Lyrics - Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths

I am the son 

And the heir 

Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar 

I am the son and heir 

Of nothing in particular 

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 

meaning 

 byAmandaH 

,  Editor 

Dubbed "the 'Stairway to Heaven' of the 1980s" by Sire Records chief Seymour Stein, what he means by the grand statement is how profound people found "How Soon… See all 

I am the son 

And the heir 

Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar 

I am the son and heir 

Of nothing in particular 

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 

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 

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 

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