Where is my boy?
I saw you come out of a scene
Maybe in some kind of dream
Something that never comes

Time that I take
See over in arms I'll raise
I'll race in to find you
I'll race in to find you

Time stands
I open your eyes to my world
I see you come out of it all
Unharmed and unscathed
And shouting, oh

Come on in
In houses I live in
And changes you're making
To the state of affairs

Calling "where is my boy?"
I have seen you so often
I cry "where is my boy?"
Oh, have you all forgotten?

And in some kind of dream
Have I seen you before
Oh, have I seen you before?
Oh, where is my boy?

So come all the way
Changing your number
Changing the house where you live
Change your lines

Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
In a place you've forgotten
A place I've forgotten

So where is my boy?
When I kneel in your arms
I flew awry
Where is my boy?

Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?
Have I seen you before?
In some kind of a dream?

In my hands you'll fall
Open in as it seems
Have I seen you before?

Oh baby, your arms and your legs are shattered
Where is my boy?
Where is my boy?

I said "where is my boy?"
Have you seen me before?
When I look in your eyes
Tell me "he had to go"

Said "I seen you before
In some kind of dream"
Seems I've seen you before
In some kind of a dream

I say "where is the boy?"
Have I seen you before?
Yeah, I saw you before
In some kind of a dream

I say "where was my head?
When I needed it most?"
Oh, I stayed here before
Yes I stay in the place I know


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Where Is My Boy Lyrics as written by Christopher Anthony John Martin David Jeremy Kosten

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing

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    My Interpretation
    I have found two odd interpretations in my perspective, 1) I think it's about a man meeting the son he never had. He says "Have I seen you before?" because it's the man he always hoped to raise. Their connection is so profound. 2) It could alternatively be a rhetorical question aimed at the speaker/the man himself. He could be asking himself why he threw away his potential. He compares who he is today with the boy he used to be. ' "Have I seen you before?", tired soul?'
    addiscentison June 26, 2016   Link

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