We tried to fly
Is it so high
We don't think so
We don't think so
Are we looked at
Are we set back?
Can we fake him
Emulate him?
Time is breaking
Changing faking
Grind us up now
Not too hard now
Features so fine
Rouge and eyeline
Things I fancy
Just like Nancy
Fashions alter
Often falter
Crypso's out now
No more fights now
Make-up's taking
Lots of shaving
On my eyelash
You sure it don't clash
Slim-line trousers
Facial powders
flooding my mind
You sure there's no lines
Eye me up now
pamper me now
Please don't pass by
Or I shall cry
Is it so high
We don't think so
We don't think so
Are we set back?
Can we fake him
Emulate him?
Changing faking
Grind us up now
Not too hard now
Rouge and eyeline
Things I fancy
Just like Nancy
Often falter
Crypso's out now
No more fights now
Lots of shaving
On my eyelash
You sure it don't clash
Facial powders
flooding my mind
You sure there's no lines
pamper me now
Please don't pass by
Or I shall cry
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It's about glam rockers, rather. Peter Murphy was extremely vain in the early 70's (more so than later) and wrote this about it.
Sounds like girls getting ready to see some guy
For some reason, I've always assumed it was about cross-dressers/transsexuals.
Yeah, I'm almost positive it has to do with a Transvestite.
"Can we fake him Emulate him?" and "Changing faking" Make it apparent of an obvious (physical) change. "Features so fine" supports the above quote, showing that it's more of a physical change, not as much mental. "Fashions alter Often falter" Change of appearence. "Lots of shaving" Haha, that was what really made the siren go off on this song. This is what tells me it is a guy to start out with, whil the rest just sounds like what DJelectricaltape said, a girl getting ready for a guy. "Slim-line trousers" and "You sure there's no lines?" Also, a guy.
Love this song.
hmmm... any of you seen goth boys?? they got more make up on than the girls - and it's not a tranny thing - I guess they're femme boys, but still definately boyz and it's Make up's taking lots of shaping...not shaving
hmmm... any of you seen goth boys?? they got more make up on than the girls - and it's not a tranny thing - I guess they're femme boys, but still definately boyz and it's Make up's taking lots of shaping...not shaving
It's not about cross dressing. It's about goff kids.
i think it actually is about transvestites, not goths, it would fit goths except for this came on the same recordas Bela Lugosi's Dead, and Bela Lugosi's Dead was the song that started the whole goth thing, and so Boys couldn't be about goths becase goth wasnt around when it was written!
I agree that it seems to be about glam rockers and David Bowie fans. Maybe Peter's even talking about himself.
I reckon they're singing about themselves, through a glam lens, and the process getting ready to perform at early gigs. They wore a lot of make-up at the time and looked very androgynous. There's probably some piss-taking too, as they were getting lots of Bowie comparisons.