Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Boy, artist - Tom Rosenthal.
Date of issue: 09.10.2011
Song language: English
The Boy |
The boy sits in a field tall grass above his head, and he’s thinking of the |
path that his ancestors did tread and as he’s dreaming of the future a mist |
does descend, and he wonders if this is the beginning or this is the end |
And out of the mist a tall creature does appear, his eyes wide and friendly, |
his face full of years, he says «we're going on a journey in my hot air |
balloon, and the time is now so we must get going soon». |
They flew over the houses and the streets they use to know, over trains going |
fast and people going slow, there were snow on the mountains and boats on the |
sea, and there were lovers in the forest carving their names into a tree |
The boys says «where are we going, where are we going to, I’m scared of the |
future and I’m mildly scared of you, the creature looked down and said „don't |
be scared of the unknown“, we’re going to a place in which I have grown |
With a sudden gush of wind the balloon fell from the sky, and the boy shut his |
eyes and hoped he wouldn’t die, the creature was calm, he had done this before |
so he landed the hot air balloon and he opened the door |
The boy walked out and he couldn’t believe his eyes, there was a flock of sheep |
floating through the skies followed by a magic carpet on which their shepherd |
did fly and the boy wondered what was going on. |
So he walked through this land with the creature by his side, to his left was a |
painter, painting the tides, and to his right a pack of wolves did cry to the |
rise and fall of the moon. |
They entered the forest and the trees they hung low, everything was dark and |
nothing there did grow apart from a single yellow rose that the boy put in his |
hair |
Out of the forest, the snow it did fall, the creature held an umbrella high |
above the boy then out the of snow appeared an empty platform, and they waited |
patiently for a train |
From far in the distance a train did arrive with a thousand polar bears |
passengers inside, the creature said to the boy „are you ready for the ride“ |
and the boy said» yes I think I am" |
So they sped through the hills and over mountains they did go, over old wooden |
bridges withered from the cold, and the boy stared out of the window and smiled |
at all he could see |
They travelled through the desert to the setting sun, over streams and rivers |
to where it all begun, and through the wind and the rain until the days were |
done, they rode through the land |
All of a sudden, the train it did stop, the creature said to the boy «this is |
where we both get off», and all the polar bear climbed to the top of the train |
to wave their goodbyes |
At the waters edge, nothing more was said, the boy looked at the creature, |
not a single tear was shed, and the creature laid his hand upon the boys head, |
and gave him a wink of his eye |
The creature turned around and walked slowly to the sea, to go to a place where |
forever he would be, and with one great leap he leapt into sea and in the blink |
of an eye he was gone. |
The boy stood still, alone now on the shore, he stared into the distance and |
hoped there would be more, and the yellow rose it fell to the floor and drifted |
away on the wind. |