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The youngest was the most loved
The youngest was the shielded
We kept him from the world's glare
And he turned into a killer
Retroussé nose
Turned up and mischievous
Forget-me-not eyes that cried if we ever left his side
There is no such thing in life as normal
There is no such thing in life as normal
The youngest was the most loved
The youngest was the cherub
A small boy from a poor house
Who turned into a killer
A blushed rose if he had to say 'hello'
A lopsided grin strained to keep the shyness in
There is no such thing in life as normal
There is no such thing in life as normal
The youngest was the most loved
The youngest was the cherub
The look was all before him
With a lovely wife beside him
The youngest was the most loved
The youngest was the cherub
We kept him from the world's glare
And he turned into a killer
There is no such thing in life as normal
There is no such thing in life as normal
The youngest was the shielded
We kept him from the world's glare
And he turned into a killer
Retroussé nose
Turned up and mischievous
Forget-me-not eyes that cried if we ever left his side
There is no such thing in life as normal
There is no such thing in life as normal
The youngest was the most loved
The youngest was the cherub
A small boy from a poor house
Who turned into a killer
A blushed rose if he had to say 'hello'
A lopsided grin strained to keep the shyness in
There is no such thing in life as normal
There is no such thing in life as normal
The youngest was the most loved
The youngest was the cherub
The look was all before him
With a lovely wife beside him
The youngest was the most loved
The youngest was the cherub
We kept him from the world's glare
And he turned into a killer
There is no such thing in life as normal
There is no such thing in life as normal
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That the key focus of the song, and the most interesting part, is not given much detail (the murder which has occurred) is a strange decision and means one of two things to me: 1/ The killing part isn't necessary because it's far in the future, and this song links to another on the album. For example, it could be You Have Killed me, and the supposed murder is in fact a romantic, overexaggerated view. 2/ Similar to how the killing is non-literal in 1/, the murder's details could be avoided because it's metaphorical. Or, it's Morrissey giving a negative opinion as to how murderers are born.
Just like 'Barbarism Begins at Home', there's an element of 'bad people are borne in childhood' which Morrissey evidently must think quite strongly. Given how he was a shy, probably foul-mooded teenager, it could be semi-autographical, and referencing his past feelings towards life.
I would believe this because 'there's no such thing in normal' anaphora is a biting remark at how this young man was scolded for his shyness, despite it being caused by his own family's sheltering, and put into a marriage when he isn't ready. Morrissey could've experienced similar things himself as a boy.