Story Behind The Song
Based on the movie, Let The Right One In
Song Description
Puppy love? Ahhh! Between a boy and a vampire? Aaaagh! The brilliant Swedish film Let The Right One In serves as inspiration for this highly unusual yet strangely compulsive piece of electro-strory-telling
| Song Length |
3:30 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Pop - General |
Lyrics
May I come in, she says
The ghoul at the threshold
She comes at dusk
To find her new friend
He'll be the keeper
of this daytime sleeper
Unholy alliance
And there's blood on the snow
Oskar and Eli
The ghoul next door
is just down the hall
He teaches her morse code
they tap on the wall
To flee is live, she says
to linger is death
He smells the blood
on Eli's breath
Oskar and Eli
Blood brother
Blood sister
Partners in crime
A race against time
The dark and the fair
what is it they share?
Her head on his lap
He's stroking her hair
Oskar and Eli
He know her secret
He loves her still
He'll feed her hunger
he'll help her to kill
She knows his secret
The bullies he fears
she tells him to hit back
and hold back the tears
Oskar's tormentor
holds him under the water
Eli to the rescue
Blood in the swimming pool
Oskar on the train
Eli in the trunk
They tap out a kiss
and get clean away