Toy Boy Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pearjuice 

Cover art for Toy Boy lyrics by Mika

I think the song is about a homosexual toy, who is in a happy "relationship" with a boy in the beginning. But then he is taken away from that boy by the mother who thinks that as the boy grows up he shouldn't be sleeping with a male doll. The rest of the song is about how he is taken to a girl who treats him bad and makes him into someone she wants him to be (a straight guy whose clothes don't even match - i think this piece about his clothes refers to homosexuals being said to have an eye for fashion) while he is in fact a gay doll. So not only is his life ruined by him not being able to lead his own life (he is a closeted homosexual, who is forced to have a "girl friend" who then tries to make him look like a straight guy), but also the boy he loved and used to sleep with is taught by his mother to be afraid of other guys when they come close. His mother taught him this and took away his male doll because homosexuality "is a serious thing in a grown-up world". So this is how homophobia is reproduced and people end up living very unhappy lives.