These words are transcribed without permission the way they appear in Morrissey's "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" album. Additions to the printed lyrics are in darker text while omissions are striken out.

Warm lights from
the grand houses blind me
haves cannot stand have-nots ¹
and my love is under the ground
my one true love is under the ground
And I'll never be
I'll never be
I'll never be anybody's hero now
I'll never be
I'll never be
I'll never be anybody's hero now
They who should love me ²
walk right through me
I am a ghost
and as far as I know
I haven't even died
and my love is under the ground
my one true love is under the ground
And I'll never be
I'll never be
I'll never be anybody's hero now
I'll never be
I'll never be
I'll never be anybody's hero now
(See as I...
see as I...
see as I...)
I'll never be
I'll never be
I'll never be anybody's lover now
I'll never be
I'll never be
I'll never be anybody's lover now
things I've heard and I've seen
and I've felt and I've been
tell me I'll never be
anybody's lover now
it begins in the heart
and it hurts when it's true
it only hurts ³
because it's true.

 

² In the latter dates of 2006 and in early 2007 Morrissey actually sang "they who shouldn't love me walk right past me" or "... walk straight past me" or "... cannot stand me".

³ On the Tour Of The Tormentors MMVI and in early 2007, Morrissey sang "it only hurts me because it's true" or "it only hurts me, why? because it's true ".