I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

from The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? Lyrics on Rap Genius

The opening was adapted from a line in George Eliot’s novel Middlemarch: “To be born the son of a Middlemarch manufacturer, and inevitable heir to nothing in particular”.

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