In 1961, ONE Magazine (one of the first gay publications in the U.S.) published a love letter from Brian Keith, a WWII veteran, to “Dave,” a fellow soldier with whom he fell in love while stationed in North Africa in 1943.
“Clay,” the final song on Tales of Us and the only one told from a male POV,...
[Verse 1]
Words sail
Out into the wind
Their meaning
Taken by time
[Pre-Chorus]
Your deep seeing eyes
Ancient stars
[Chorus]
We wanted only to love
How will I find you again?
Fate or chance
[Verse 2]
A beauty
In uncertainty
We fought them
On great white sand
[Pre-Chorus]
Our shadows reframed
Memories
[Chorus]
We want only to live
Only to love and breathe again
Your white waves in the night
Longing I'm lost
In dreams of mine
[Bridge]
Blue billowing green waves of grass
The iron sky
Turning in the looking glass
[Pre-Chorus]
Your deep seeing eyes
Ancient stars
[Chorus]
You are wonderful light
My only love
Sleep well
Good night
Clay was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory.
Clay was produced by Goldfrapp.