Dirk Bogarde was born Derek Niven Van den Bogaerde in London, England 28th … Read Full Bio ↴Dirk Bogarde was born Derek Niven Van den Bogaerde in London, England 28th March 1921. He followed his mother's footsteps and began acting professionally in 1940. This career was interrupted by war service, but he returned to it and then became as a very popular star in UK. His big success started from the Doctor series, where he played the young and charming doctor Simon Sparrow.

Later on his career Bogarde started to take more serious roles. One of those was in Joseph Losey's The Servant (1963). Bogarde also started to write, mainly stories from his own life. Among the audio books he made, there is also one music album, Lyrics for Lovers (released in 1960).

Dirk Bogarde was knighted in 1992. He also received several movie awards during his career. One of those was BAFTA for his performance in The Servant. Bogarde died in London, England, 8th May 1999.

Smoke gets in your eyes
Dirk Bogarde Lyrics

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They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
I of course replied
"Something here inside
Cannot be denied"

They said someday you'll find
All who love are blind

When your heart's on fire
You don't realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed and I gaily laughed
To think they would doubt my love
Yet today, my love has flown away
I am without my love

Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say

"When a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes."

Overall Meaning

The song "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by Dirk Bogarde is a poignant ballad about love and loss. The opening lines of the song talk about how someone asked the singer how they knew their true love was true. The singer replied that there was something inside them that couldn't be denied, a feeling that their love was real and undeniable. However, the people he's talking to said that someday he would find that love often makes people blind. When you're in love, you don't always see things clearly. The smoke gets in your eyes, and you can't see the truth.

The next verse talks about how the singer laughed off his friends' doubts about his love. But now that his love has flown away, he's left without his love, and his laughing friends are now deriding him and his tears that he can't hide. He smiles and says that when a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes. This line reinforces the idea that love can be blinding, but when it's gone, we can see clearly again. It's a bittersweet reminder that even though love can hurt us, it's still worth pursuing.

Overall, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" is a beautiful song about the ups and downs of love. It's a reminder that even though love can blind us, it's still worth pursuing. When love is gone, we can see things more clearly again, but the memories and the pain linger on.

Line by Line Meaning

They asked me how I knew
The people asked me about the reason behind my belief

My true love was true
That my love for my partner is true

I of course replied
I promptly responded

"Something here inside
I feel something deep inside of me that

Cannot be denied"
I cannot reject or deny this feeling

They said someday you'll find
The people said that one day I would discover

All who love are blind
That everyone who is in love cannot see what's really going on

When your heart's on fire
When one's heart is burning with passion

You don't realize
One is not aware of

Smoke gets in your eyes
How one may be affected by the smoke

So I chaffed and I gaily laughed
So I joked and laughed easily