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WATCHING THE LOTUS BLEED

A small teaser of the clip was posted on George's Instagram on 28 March 2023. The full song was posted on his private Tiktok channel on 2nd April 2023:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJa8jpoY

Composer & producer: Boy George & Benny D

My #Numberone #boygeorge #newmusicalert #lotus #love #pain
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Boy George is one of the greatest lyricists in my opinion. And "Watching the lotus bleed" is one of the most beautiful songs George's recently written, to me. The lyrics is poetic, emotional, abstract. I had multiple discussions with friends about the meaning of this song.

My own understanding of the lyrics bases on what I've learnt about George in the recent years, 202x, the now person, together with his short reels and clips about incidents happening in his life around the time he composes this song, esp. regarding Jon Moss. Of course, I can be wrong.

For me this song is about a lotus wanting to bloom and not bleed - representing George wanting to become a Nichiren Buddhist lotus - what he practices. A lotus is peaceful and strong, shouldn't hate, shouldn't blame, wouldn't bleed. However, this process faces challenges, and the lotus is actually bleeding, he is feeling hurt.

He feels hurt because of the incident between Jon Moss and the band. (𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥)

He feels angry because he couldn't escape the obsession he has with Jon (𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬).

He doesn't think Jon is right (Jon suggested the 'damned democracy' for the band at the beginning). He blames himself for trusting Jon
(𝘐 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯')

But George wants to move on, emotionally. As a Buddhist, he doesn't want to hate, doesn't want to blame.
(𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦
𝘖𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦)

But it's still hard, the lotus is still bleeding. So he needs "𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬".

He is working on this right now - meditate
(𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦)

He uses music and art to release these feelings, to let them out, and not carry them with him in a physical way anymore. (See George's post here: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJaUc1pR/)

That's my understanding of this song. So or so, I admire his musical talent, art talent, and his talent with words. Moreover, I observe and have sympathy with his feelings, and respect the way he deals with his feelings. Keep being sober, keep being strong. Good luck George 🍀💙. You are already a lotus boy in my eyes, not perfect, but beautiful 🪷. Keep smiling, the whole world will smile with you 🙂🪷💙

𝘚𝘢𝘸 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘥
𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩
𝘚𝘢𝘸 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥

𝘐 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯'

𝘈 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦
𝘈 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘐 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯

𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐'𝘮...
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵
𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥

𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵
𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬
𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦?
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦

𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐'𝘮..
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥

𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦
𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥....

𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘕𝘰! 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦
𝘖𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦

𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐'𝘮...
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵
𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥

𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐'𝘮...
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵
𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥..