There are more than one artist with this name.
1) New Jersey rock band Read Full Bio ↴There are more than one artist with this name.
1) New Jersey rock band
2) solo project of Bill Kaulitz
3) the visual key band ビリー
4) French 80's singer, real name: Laurent Bitan
5) Barry Cavanagh
6) US rapper
7) German hip-hop
8) Produced album: Stig'o ćumur (by Edo Maajka)
9) guitarist in TRUSTRICK

1) Sprung from the roots of the seminal punk bluegrass band, Seigobillies, the four person tandem known as Billy has steadily evolved into one of New Jerseys most versatile and loved bands. Billy has been referred to as equal parts Argybargy era Squeeze and early Elvis Costello, along with bits and pieces of Midnight Oil and Billy Bragg.

2) The solo project of Bill Kaulitz, frontman of german band Tokio Hotel. The first EP was released in 2016

3) Billy (ビリー) is a relatively new indies Visual Kei band, but already have a big fanbase. They tend to play a wide range of different music such as metal, rock, blues and ballads.
The band started in November 2004 with the three ex-bandmembers from バ×ツ (Baxtu): BAKU (ex.YU-KI) (vocals), Takuma (guitar) and Hiroshi (drums). Tsubuku (bass) and Mi-ne (ex. Akira) (guitar) joined them soon.
Their first performance was one month later, and they had 5 more secret concerts after it.

Their first single 試聴R -ダシヌキ edition- was released on the 15th of January 2005 on the day of their performance in the Ikeburo Cyber. A regular version was released soon after.
ビリー kept on performing and released their first mini-album: ベイビースグッバイ (Babies, goodbye). On the 21st of May, they were having their first one-man concert, and selling their single Beautiful Goodbye.
They recently released their first full length album, Bouquet, on January 16 2008.

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Dream Lover
Billy Lyrics

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Every night
I hope and pray
A dream lover
Will come my way
A girl to hold
In my arms
And know the magic
Of her charms

Because I want (I want)
A girl (A girl)
To call (To call)
My own (My own)
I want a
Dream lover
So I don't have to
Dream alone

Dream lover
Where are you?
With a love
Oh, so true
And the hand
That I can hold
To feel you near
When I grow old

Because I want (I want)
A girl (A girl)
To call (To call)
My own (My own)
I want a
Dream lover
So I don't have to
Dream alone

Someday
I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea
Some way
I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me

Dream lover
Until then
I'll go to sleep
And dream again
That's the only
Thing to do
Until my lover's dreams come true

Beause I want (I want)
A girl (A girl)
To call (To call)
My own (My own)
I want a
Dream lover
So I don't have to
Dream alone

Dream lover
So I don't have to
Dream alone

Dream lover
So I don't have to

Overall Meaning

Billy Crash Craddock's song "Dream Lover" is a classic love song that expresses the desire of the singer to have someone special in his life. The song conveys the longing of the singer to find a dream lover who will complete his life. Every night, the singer hopes and prays that his dream lover will come into his life. He wants this girl to hold in his arms and feel the magic of her charms. He yearns for someone to call his own and not have to dream alone.

The singer believes that his dream lover will be someone who loves him for who he is, and will always be by his side. He hopes that this girl will be his true love with whom he can grow old. He does not know how his dream lover will find him, but he believes that someday she will hear his plea, and bring her love to him.

The song touches on the idea that dreams can help us cope with the absence of something we long for. The singer devises a coping mechanism of dreaming until his dream lover finally arrives. The song's lyrical themes are a testament to the heart's deep-seated desires and its ability to form connections that transcend distance and time.

Line by Line Meaning

Every night I hope and pray
I yearn and plead every night

A dream lover will come my way
That I will find my dream partner

A girl to hold in my arms
Someone to embrace and adore

And know the magic of her charms
Experience the enchanting qualities she possesses

'Cause I want
Because all I desire is

A girl
A female companion

To call
To claim as my own

My own
To possess and cherish exclusively

I want a dream lover
I long for an ideal partner

So I don't have to dream alone
To share my dreams with someone so I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover, where are you
Where is my ideal partner?