Diana Vickers -The Boy Who Murdered Love - Lyrics, Annotation

You're The Boy Who Murdered Love

Cold hands and a heart of stone
You're a midas in reverse
You're the king of pain and hurt

Through the lyrics it can be seen that the "boy" has broken the main characters heart and she pin points him as being someone who is cold hearted and almost emotionless as he "murdered love". Not particularly their love but she mentions love in general which could be said is a extremely bold verse, which is revealed through her use of words.

And the stars turn into fire
And the roses change from red to black
You encourage my desire
Then you put the arrow in my back

Through these lyrics she expresses how she feels he almost led her on and then stabbed her in the back. Her fairytale world has almost fallen to pieces. In the video we want to narrate this by focusing shooting around the main character but also having snap shots of the "boy". Through the video we want her emotions to be expressed as a girl who's torn between the boy she loved and how she know's she has been wronged yet is still reminicing over the past. Furthermore How he broke her heart and moved on so easily yet her life's almost at a stand still.

Shot shot shot shot shot like a bullet
Stop stop stop stop stop oh you love it
No no no no no now you've done it
You're The Boy Who Murdered Love
Love love love love
You're The Boy Who Murdered Love

The chorus it'self could be described as metaphoric one as she compares her pain to the pain of a bullet. The male character through out is made out to be someone who actually enjoyed breaking her heart, as seen here "oh you love it", and this is almost clear in the overall narrative of both the song and the video.

You're the thief of innocence
You're a tainted cherry tree
There's a mark upon your skin
Where your heart once used to be

You're a sinner with no soul
You're the nearly was I never had
You're an angel I was told
Then you put the arrow in my back

It's as though she envy's him for being able to move on so quickly, there's a feel of "maybe he didn't love me" Also through out the video we hope to portray the male character as someone who was made out to be what he's not. This can be narrated through the verse "You're an angel I was told, Then you put the arrow in my back." This will be shown through him and his current girlfriend while the main character narrates over their actions, as they pass her by and she follows them.

Shot shot shot shot shot like a bullet
Stop stop stop stop stop oh you love it
No no no no no now you've done it
You're The Boy Who Murdered Love
Love love love love
You're The Boy Who Murdered Love