Hi guys! Back again! I know I take big breaks but I am always hovering even if I'm not active. I have been working on this song off and on for a while but have finally stopped tweaking it. It's another track for my 80s inspired EP.
It is thematically similar to my last one, Billy. This is about the old gay men you see in gay bars, who have often upset me because society was not ready for them to fully be themselves when they were young, and as a result they have grown old without someone to love, or having to love in secret. Hence, secret mover.
As always, thanks for any feedback!
Lyrics:
Let me in
Let me know how you really feel
Before morning fully comes
And this song is done
All the boys
Have their eyes on eachother
And you are like a ghost
Just an old man
You were a mover
You were a secret mover
You had the time of your life before the guns came down
And it all went wrong
You were a lover
You were a secret lover
But when the lightning strikes on this dullard town
You'll be dead and gone
You were there before bombs were
You were there when the first brick fell
You showed the boys who the boss was
You let the boys fall in the snow
Tell me how
All your darlings took the last train out of Warsaw
And you followed them to these Roman streets
You were a mover
You were a secret mover
You had the time of your life before the guns came down
And it all went wrong
You were a dealer
You were a dirty dealer
In black market love but now those days are gone
And you are free and useless
You were there before bombs were
You were there when the first brick fell
You showed the boys who the boss was
You let the boys fall in the snow
You met the tanks by the river
You kissed and got cold sores
But now your hands on the bar
They've touched nothing in years
You were a mover
You were a secret mover
You were a mover
You were a secret mover
Secret mover