Call Me By Your Name

Each song is a story and our first offering, Call Me By Your Name, retells André Aciman’s 2007 novel of the same title.

LYRICS:

It was the first day of summer
You came to stay, to work for Pappa
The professor
Writing papers, working on your thesis

I build up the courage
Do you want to go for a ride?
I’ll show you the sights
Leave early, catch sunrise?

We cycle to my secret place
I go there to be alone
But this time you’re here with me and
Oh my god you look so pretty

Brutality meets beauty
Rock meets sea
You turn away, I’m gonna risk it
Slip my dress off, will she kiss me?

They all tell me, I should get a life
Make some friends, have some fun, run a little wild
They worry about me, think I’m strange
Don’t fit in, got no god, just lost to her own mind

My infatuation grows
Do I look different? Does my mother know?
I try to suppress it but
Watching you lie by the swimming pool is Heaven

I watch you for hours
Blonde hair, red bathing suit
At night, when I’m with him, I wish it was you
Call me by your name

I creep up to your bedroom, open up your wardrobe, put on your bathing suit
Get in your bed, wrap my legs round your pillow
Catch me, you’ll kill me if you stop

They all tell me, I should get a life
Make some friends, have some fun, run a little wild,
They worry about me, think I’m strange
Don’t fit in, got no god, just lost to her own mind

The first day of Autumn
We leave to catch the train to Rome
Our final days together
Will you ‘find me’ again?