My beautiful one died 2 and a half years ago and I loved him Proud I loved him. Proud he was loved. So courageous. So strong. Sometimes restless.... He had tricks to keep their harm away. He always knew what to do and which road to take to find me. Whether in the dark. Whether in the daylight. Blindfolded. Eyes wide opened. You could tell his fierce passion and desire for my eyes my legs my wrists my breasts. The hair ! All in mind before he even met me... Right like they are. The guy had such a sharp eye And so one day he came to me. He said, come on girl let's go now. Won't be a burden nor of any worry. I will love you as much as you loved me. I will never make noise. You will barely feel me or even hear me. Only if you burry me somewhere you know. Some where you also be. Keeping me out. Taking me in. Far. Near. Here No fear You are my one and only
“We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”―Tennessee Williams.
Anohni is God’s biggest gift to humanity!!! We don’t deserve her nor her undisputed talents, but we certainly appreciate so much her contribution to enlighten our lives!!!
There's nothing more beautiful than this story, only real life experience could rite this. Never in my life have i heard such heart warming breaking lyrics. Immaculate original voice, I couldn't manage my life without her
This is my favorite Anohni song. I saw her sing this song at Joe’s Pub in 2000. I saw her play there twice. Amazing shows. I met her briefly after one show and she was exceptionally sweet to me.
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.
not the same at all but last week i had a beautiful conversation with a beautiful man i immediately started crushing on, someone who didn't know me well but expressed all this sincere and genuine care, i was the last person he spoke to in person because it turns out he went home after and took his life, last thing he said was a casual love ya, it has just scooped me clean out even if i'm not experiencing what his family and friends are. i love ANOHNI and songs like this and Karma have been helping me put words around this grief. how can you fall in love with a ghost
So gently, so tender, so full of emotion. Anthony your song struck me like lightning and touches me like silk.If everyone could just feel love so intens. Thank you...
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.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.
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? Read more: Antony And The Johnsons - I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy Lyrics | MetroLyrics
This Poetry is from another dimension..."Should i call the Doctor, i feel you might be Dead"... Just make me speech less & the melody can make stones cry, so so beautiful!
this song can have two extremely separate readings that still can coexist with each others, informed by ANOHNI's life experience. it's also a great song for that :)
Просто фантастика, как эта песня попала в унисон с моим состоянием и настроением. Похоже мы выбираем музыку, на которую как на экран проецируется наше внутреннее я. Здесь и сейчас.
Anohni is a transgender woman and prefers to be referred to by the pronouns she/her. In an interview with Flavorwire in November 2014 she stated, "My closest friends and family use feminine pronouns for me. I have not mandated the press do one thing or another... In my personal life I prefer 'she'. I think words are important. To call a person by their chosen gender is to honor their spirit, their life and contribution. 'He' is an invisible pronoun for me, it negates me."
Grazie per questa dichiarazione ❣. Ognuno deve sentirsi libero di identificarsi nel genere in cui sente di appartenere per sua natura. L' umanità tutta dovrebbe affermare questo come un DIRITTO.
@offyourframe a few years ago in a gig, Antony said the guy had HIV when they dated in the 90's and he said the guy today was medicated and still in good health.
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 think it’s clear this song is pretty much from the perspective of someone finding out that their partner is trans and sort of being in denial about it a little bit. The boy that they knew is “dead”. It hits very hard for me, since I’m also trans. Especially the end.
I still break every time with this one, especially beautiful with the Metropole Orchestra! Anyway, Good luck with the new album!... may - My Back Wasa Bridge for You to Cross - HIT iT...
Don't be so rude telling this ("........"), it's not "obvious" antony is a girl, and she hasn't always considered her this way. Anyway she is nowadays, yes
