“Golden The Pony Boy”, which plays at the end of The Science of Sleep (in French, La Science des rêves), is a dreamy and disorienting track composed by Jean-Michel Bernard about an eponymic stuffed toy horse. In the movie, the plush toy “comes alive” once the person it is named after, a young man wh...
Cotton and cardboard, cellophane and paper
Thread, needle to employ
All felt and fabric, birds fly and cats play
Golden the pony boy
Made out of cloth and standing so still
Just like a simple toy
Gray as the sky on a day without sun
Golden the pony boy
Screwdrivers, rubber bands, glue guns and pliers
Tools to create or destroy
Patiently waiting, un-calculating
Golden the pony boy
Flying wheels and coloured reels spin into motion
Bringing him lots of joy
Trot, canter, gallop over land and sea
Golden the pony boy