Come a little closer lyrics meaning
The song is about the Charles Manson killings. Lil Nas X said the line was a "double entendre," as he felt the man was in the dark because he was living "in the closet" and was unhappy. This song is about life on the road for a singer/band ('steel horse' is the tour bus, 'loaded six string' is his acoustic guitar, etc). The lyric, "Cocaine and drinking and drinking with your friends / You live in the dark boy, I cannot pretend," referenced a man he fell in love with who was not out as gay. my lovely dreams, melted at once into thin air Bu the theft doesnt anger me, for their place has been. The artist, who publicly came out as gay in June 2019 amid the success of his now-Diamond status single, "Old Town Road," told Genius that the song was inspired by his real love life. They came in with you just now, and my customary dreams. "I thought the theme was so dope, like calling somebody by your own name is love, keeping the love between you two." Though the song is named after the artist himself, that title is actually supposed to reference the man who inspired the song, as the two main characters called each other by their own names in the "Call Me By Your Name" film.
"It was one of the first gay films that I had watched," Lil Nas X, whose real name is Montero, said in a video as part of Genius' "Verified" YouTube series. Lil Nas X has revealed the meaning behind the lyrics for "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" - and he said the hit song, released Friday, is only partially inspired by the 2017 film of the same name starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet.