Boys Will Cry

"**Boys Will Cry**" is a song by The Lunar Year, released on March 13, 2022.

## Background

In January 2021, Ball shared over Twitter, "Wrote this lil song a while ago, it's about male mental health but I feel like more than ever, we need to look after one another. Boys Will Cry. X" In a press release, he stated, "'Boys Will Cry' is an extremely vulnerable song and a massively personal song to me. I wrote it through lockdown because I thought at the time so many people felt alone and needed to hear these words to know that they weren't. It's about mental health and how common it is to slip into these dark ways we so easily find ourselves in sometimes. Adding to that—it touches more on the male mental health side because I find that so many guys struggle to talk about it and I'd love if this song could help even just one person going through a rough patch. My favourite lyric in the song is 'I forget about me sometimes'—life goes so fast and it's so easy to get so caught up in it all that you forget to check in with yourself every once in a while."

On *Dancing on Ice*, the song was used for the semi-final week songs, with Connor Ball and Alexandra Schauman, and scored 38. When asked for the meaning behind their performance, Ball acknowledged, "I wanted to do it because I think people need to hear these lyrics every so often."

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
But remember, don't hesitate to call me for anything

[Verse 1]

Everyone makes mistakes

And every tear they're all the same

We feel like ghosts

Passing time away

Empathise to feel all right

I never think to check in with my own mind

I forget about me sometimes

[Pre-Chorus]

It's when we're alone

That it hurts the most

Feels so sad

That our life's like that

[Chorus]

Boys will cry behind their eyes

To hide the man inside

Evеn the strongest of minds

We all hurt somеtimes

Girls will cry

That's all right

And that has always been fine

It's a sign we're alive

We all hurt sometimes

[Verse 2]

I try to laugh, it takes me back

Why does life go so fast?

But hopefully

We go down in history

The man I hope to be is inside

But he's been locked up by society

Someday the world will let him be

[Pre-Chorus]

It's when we're alone

That we think the most

Feels so sad

That our life's like that

Boys will cry behind their eyes

To hide the man inside

Even the strongest of minds

We all hurt sometimes

Girls will cry

That's all right

And that has always been fine

It's a sign we're alive

We all hurt sometimes

It's when we're alone

That we think the most

Feels so sad

That our life's like that

[Chorus]

Boys will cry behind their eyes

To hide the man inside

Even the strongest of minds

We all hurt sometimes

Girls will cry

That's all right

And that has always been fine

It's a sign we're alive

We all hurt sometimes

It's a sign we're alive

We all hurt sometimes

It's a sign we're alive

We all hurt sometimes

## References

1. ↑ "Connor Ball". *Twitter*. 25 January 2021.
2. ↑ "Music News: The Lunar Year Release New Single 'Boys Will Cry'". *Bring the Noise*. 15 March 2022.
3. ↑ Iftikhar, Asyia (13 March 2022). "Dancing on Ice eliminates two couples in the semi-final". *Digital Spy*.
4. ↑ Pryer, Emma (13 March 2022). "Dancing On Ice semi-finalists explain the true meanings of their personal skates". *Mirror*.