I find you with red tears in your eyes
I ask you what is your name
You offer no reply
Should I call a doctor
Before I fear you might be dead
But I just lay down beside you
And held your hand
I fell in love with you
Now you’re my one, only one
'Cause all my life I’ve been so blue
But in that moment you fulfilled me Now I’ll tell all my friends
I fell in love with a dead boy
Now I’ll tell my family
I wish you could have met him
Now I write letters to Australia
Now I throw bottles out to sea
I whisper the secret in the ground
No one’s gonna take you away from me I fell in love with a dead boy
Oh, such a beautiful boy
I fell in love with a dead boy
Oh, such a beautiful boy
Oh, such a beautiful boy
I’m asking
Are you a boy or a girl
Are you a boy or are you a girl
Are you a boy or are you a girl
Are you a boy
Are you a girl
Are you a boy
Are you a girl
Are you a boy
Are you a girl
I wrote a song with similar ideas almost 10 years ago. For years I thought it was the most creative thing I'd ever done and I was very satisfied. Then I heard Antony do it so much better. Damn him and praise him! haha.
I find you
With red tears in your eyes
I ask you what is your name?
You offer no reply
Should I call a doctor?
For I fear you might be dead
But I just lay down beside you
And held your head
I fell in love with you
Now you're my one and only
All my life I've been so blue
But in that moment you fulfilled me
Now I tell all my friends
I fell in love with a dead boy
I tell my family
I wish you could have met him
I write letters to Australia
I throw a bottle out to sea
I whisper the secret in the ground
No one's gonna take you away from me!
I fell in love with a dead boy
Oh such a beautiful boy
I asked him are you a boy or a girl?
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I understand this song to be a metaphor, but once, a boy I loved with all my heart died in my arms. I saved him, but it took what seemed like forever for him to breathe, and the experience will be in my body forever. Being in love with a dead boy is like you can't imagine.
And this song, while it may be about other things, the tone fits pretty well with the ongoing emotions and isolation of experience one feels after having their love die in front of their eyes, even if only for moments.
as i suffer with depression and yes ive had suicidle thoughts, its true meaning music like this that has helped me through. not everyone would understand this music, but the people who do will absolutely love it.