bo en’s long-awaited release for 2018, and his first song since “Sometimes”, over a year later. An interesting and delightful change in direction compared to his earlier songs, “Love in a song” displays bittersweet, romantic lyrics while exploring a sort of Renaissance theme, with a harpsichord and...
[Verse 1]
Love in a song, the only thing they said I could rely on;
To lay my bones down, lay down boy you're home again
The lamp, the locket, candle and the pen
Love in a song, I've written it before it won't take very long;
The nib will dig a hole and beckon forth once more
To wrap me in its warm and bolt the door
[Recorder solo]
[Verse 2]
Someone's singing to you, in a song
A mantra often told, a cross to lay upon;
The strings that tie me softly pry my hands from you
To steal away before the night is through
Love in a song, I stand among the crowd prepared to sing along;
The dusty air congeals, a lump that seals my truth
But I won't hear it anymore
[Outro]
Beyond the steeple, she waits for me
In her robes, like a ghost;
In awful silence, she screams to me
It must be love
Love in a song was written by bo en.
Love in a song was produced by bo en.
bo en released Love in a song on Wed Feb 14 2018.