Song for a Boy
Eternal Love's Solitude: A Tribute in Melody
Lyrics
This is a song for a boy
This song is dedicated to a boy.
Who I thought was a god
The singer once perceived him as god-like, possibly idealized.
But he's dead, so I guess
However, he is now deceased, challenging the notion of his immortality.
He's not immortal after all
Contrary to initial belief, the boy is not immortal.
This is a song to remember
The song aims to memorialize shared moments.
Every moment spent together
Recalling every moment spent together is important.
In the bath or under covers
Intimate moments, whether in the bath or under covers, are remembered.
This is a song for my lover
The song is a tribute to the singer's lover.
I'll be talking with my father
The singer anticipates conversations with her father.
And you'll be walking into water
The boy, however, will experience a different fate - walking into water.
I'll be sitting down to dinner
Contrast between the singer's routine and the boy's fate continues.
And you'll be floating down the river
The boy will metaphorically float down the river while the singer has dinner.
I'll be singing in the shower
The singer will sing in the shower, another routine, while the boy fertilizes flowers.
And you'll be fertilizing flowers
Continued contrasting routines of the singer and the boy.
I'll be sleeping at eleven
Normalcy in the singer's life at eleven, while the boy observes from heaven.
And you'll be looking down from heaven
The boy is in a heavenly perspective, detached from the singer's earthly life.
And it's so lonely being in love with you
The singer expresses the loneliness of being in love with the departed boy.
It's so lonely being in love with you
-It's so lonely being in love with you
-Did you ever say, ?that'll be the day when I die??
Repetition of a line questioning if the boy ever foresaw the day of his death.
Did you ever say, ?that'll be the day when I die??
-Did you ever say, ?that'll be the day when I die??
-Did you ever say, ?that'll be the day when I die??
-I'll be talking with my father
Repetition of earlier contrasting routines, reinforcing the themes of separation.
And you'll be walking into water
-I'll be sitting down to dinner
-And you'll be floating down the river
-I'll be singing in the shower
-And you'll be fertilizing flowers
-I'll be sleeping at eleven
-And you'll be looking down from heaven
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