The Boy With The Gun Lyrics

Lyric discussion by foreverdrone 

Cover art for The Boy With The Gun lyrics by David Sylvian

When first you hear the song, the words seem like a story being told from the third-person omniscient point-of-view. Later, David suddenly adds a line which doesn't fit with what went before. His voice has a different timbre (sung more quietly; a lot of echo on it). Nor is it the same melody we've been hearing.

Now we know who's been sketching this portrait of a callow assassin: "My name's on the gun..." Who says dead men tell no tales?