Mechanical Bride is Lauren Doss, a Brighton, United Kingdom based singer-so… Read Full Bio ↴Mechanical Bride is Lauren Doss, a Brighton, United Kingdom based singer-songwriter. Her label Transgressive Records had this to say of her in their ‘Tips For 2007’ list: “We've never heard distant and lonely folk music quite this forceful and bracing... ambient, hypnotic, and sumptuous singing to boot - downbeat, occasionally hopeful, always beautiful... and she's only 20.” She has also been compared to Björk. As well as releasing the fantastic In the Throes (consisting of the songs Chapel, Poor Boy and Love Is Lost), she has also dueted with Larrikin Love on their forthcoming single Well, Love Does Furnish A Life (or A Day In the Life) and performs live with Jeremy Warmsley, who describes her as “a lovely, talented lady”, on a regular basis. Her latest ep is called Black Skeleton Sea, released in July of 2008.

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Poor Boy
Mechanical Bride Lyrics

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On the wind we'll
taste the innonce also secret sweet
and we will not breathe before we speak
and we will not come for her

She said
Poor Boy, Poor Boy... you're just not right
Poor Boy, Poor Boy... you hate your life

What can I say or do...
To change your gray eyes back to blue?

I'm wind sweet
cinnamon and we do not for
we do not come for her

No more
Poor Boy, Poor Boy... What have i've done
Poor Boy, Poor Boy... I around
What can I say or do...
To change these gray eyes back to you?

On the wind we'll see

and we do not breathe before

Overall Meaning

we speak

The lyrics of Mechanical Bride's song "Poor Boy" seem to be about a person who is struggling with their self-esteem and mental health, and how they are trying to find a way out of their misery. In the first verse, the singer talks about experiencing something sweet and innocent on the wind, but they won't say anything until they are sure. They won't come for the person they desire until they know it's the right thing to do.

Then, in the chorus, the singer addresses the "Poor Boy" directly, telling him that he's not right and hates his life. The singer is asking what she can do to help him feel better and change his gray eyes back to blue, which is often a symbol for happiness.

In the second verse, the singer talks about being sweet and cinnamon on the wind with the "Poor Boy" and says that they won't come for her anymore. Then, in the second chorus, the singer appears to be blaming herself for what has happened to the "Poor Boy," questioning what she has done and where she is now. She again asks what she can do to help him feel better and change his gray eyes back to him.

Overall, the song has a melancholy and haunting tone, with some vague and open-ended lyrics that can be interpreted in different ways.

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