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.
-The Smiths, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

There never need be longing in your eyes as long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine.
-The Smiths, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

Why pamper life’s complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat ?
–The Smiths, This Charming Man

I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving. England is mine, it owes me a living. But ask me why and I’ll spit in your eye.
-The Smiths, Still Ill

Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? I dunno.
-The Smiths, Still Ill

You won’t see me anymore. Well, I’m still fond of you, oh.
-The Smiths, What Difference Does It Make?

Life is never kind. Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight.
-The Smiths, I Don’t Owe You Anything

Find me. I’ll haunt you when you laugh. Oh, I’ll haunt you when you laugh. You might sleep but you will never dream.
-The Smiths, Suffer Little Children

I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. I am the son and the heir of nothing in particular.
-The Smiths, How Soon Is Now?

I go about things the wrong way. I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does.
-The Smiths, How Soon Is Now?

You ask me the time but I sense something more. And I would like to give you what I think you’re asking for.
-The Smiths, Handsome Devil

Let me get my hands on your mammary glands. And let me get your head on the conjugal bed.
-The Smiths, Handsome Devil

There’s more to life than books, you know. But not much more.
-The Smiths, Handsome Devil

In my life, why do I give valuable time to people who don’t care if I live or die?
-The Smiths, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

In my life, why do I smile at people who I’d much rather kick in the eye?
-The Smiths, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour. But Heaven knows I’m miserable now.
-The Smiths, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

Every day you must say, so how do I feel about my life? Anything is hard to find when you will not open your eyes. When will you accept yourself?
-The Smiths, Accept Yourself

I am sick and I am dull, and I am plain. How dearly I’d love to get carried away. Oh, but dreams have a knack of just not coming true. And time is against me now, oh.
–The Smiths, Accept Yourself

I wanna go home. I don’t want to stay. Give up education as a bad mistake.
-The Smiths, The Headmaster Ritual

When you laugh about people who feel so very lonely, their only desire is to die.
-The Smiths, That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

Unruly boys who will not grow up must be taken in hand. Unruly girls who will not settle down- they must be taken in hand.
-The Smiths, Barbarism Begins At Home

Life is very long when you’re lonely.
-The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

Oh, I didn’t realize that you wrote poetry. I didn’t realize you wrote such bloody awful poetry, Mr. Shankly!
-The Smiths, Frankly, Mr Shankly

It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate. It takes strength to be gentle and kind.
-The Smiths, I Know It’s Over