Most of you are missing the biggest point here, the title of the song! King Leer! Which means Morrissey is singing to a male character in this song that obviously resembles Shakespeare's tragic character - King Lear. In Shakespeare's drama, King Lear must determine which one of his three daughters love him the most so he can divide his kingdom accordingly. However, the King fails to see that his youngest daughter is the one that sincerely loves him the most, blinded by the other two daughters falsities and lies. This causes King Lear to make poor and very tragic judgement calls which even cause many people to lose their lives. In competition with "king Leer's" boyfriend, Morrissey attempts to demonstrate his love through small, yet thoughtful gestures, such as the "Vodka or Tizer", or the "Chihuahua". He even tries to surprise him by laying next to him, which doesn't seem to stimulate King Leer much. Perhaps trying to demonstrate that he has the better morals of the two because "nothing much happened" even though they lay next to each other. He didn't even receive any credit or acknowledgement in the form of a simple phone call the next day because of King Leer's blindness and lack of good judgement, much the Kind in the drama. Morrissey's love life is a tragedy by the end of this song. He gets no love in return despite his many attempts to demonstrate that he offers the only genuine and sincere love in this story.
Most of you are missing the biggest point here, the title of the song! King Leer! Which means Morrissey is singing to a male character in this song that obviously resembles Shakespeare's tragic character - King Lear. In Shakespeare's drama, King Lear must determine which one of his three daughters love him the most so he can divide his kingdom accordingly. However, the King fails to see that his youngest daughter is the one that sincerely loves him the most, blinded by the other two daughters falsities and lies. This causes King Lear to make poor and very tragic judgement calls which even cause many people to lose their lives. In competition with "king Leer's" boyfriend, Morrissey attempts to demonstrate his love through small, yet thoughtful gestures, such as the "Vodka or Tizer", or the "Chihuahua". He even tries to surprise him by laying next to him, which doesn't seem to stimulate King Leer much. Perhaps trying to demonstrate that he has the better morals of the two because "nothing much happened" even though they lay next to each other. He didn't even receive any credit or acknowledgement in the form of a simple phone call the next day because of King Leer's blindness and lack of good judgement, much the Kind in the drama. Morrissey's love life is a tragedy by the end of this song. He gets no love in return despite his many attempts to demonstrate that he offers the only genuine and sincere love in this story.