☝️ Key Points
- The song is about a protagonist who takes his knife and goes into the city every night at midnight.
- Suddenly, he hears a voice in his head that urges him to kill.
- He used to kill without reason, until he heard the voice of a woman named Lily.
- Since then, he always kills following her voice.
- At the end of the song, he feels lonely and abandoned, without Lily's voice.
Interpretation
The lyrics of the song 'David Song' by
Barbara tell the story of a protagonist who takes his knife, combs his hair, and dresses every night at midnight. He goes into the city and suddenly hears your voice in his head. Everything is torn apart. He hears footsteps and a click. He raises his arm. It's your music, and he doesn't know why. Every time he kills, it's on your voice, Lily. Before, he killed for nothing, in silence and in the velvety nights of wandering, until the day he hears your voice through a window in an alley: 'Tango tango...'. That night, he raises his arm for the first time and says: 'Don't look at me like that, don't look at me like that!'. Every night at midnight, he takes his knife, combs his hair, and dresses. He goes into the city and when he's done, he returns home. He throws away his flowers and disappears into the night. He is on his island, puts down his knife, and undresses. He is alone with his mimosa branch, broken, wounded, empty in his head, alone without your voice, with his mimosa branch. Every night at midnight, he kills on your voice, Lily.