Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Wire
Canonical path: /wire/boiling-boy
Related lyric paths: 6
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Boiling Boy
Read Boiling Boy lyrics by Wire on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Boiling Boy
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Passed to hand, behind the curtain
The letter brings change, now things are uncertain
Hand to hand, the letter moves on
Like a series of shocks, but the contents are known
Oh faint heart, when the letter arrives
You suddenly find things getting lifesize
Once the air rang with things unsaid
Now cruel outlines are easily read
Behind the curtain in the yellow bulb light
The letter reads I took my own life
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