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I am the tragedy
And the heroine
I am lost And I am rescuing
The storm is come
And I am following
My name is Tristan
And I am alive
Forever young
I come from God knows where
Because now I'm here
Without a hope or care
I am trouble
And I am troubled too
My name is Tristan
And I am alive
Sorrow by name
And sorrow by nature
Working for joy
On overtime
Stuck on a line
Of misadventure
I fear no crime
I am the victim
And the murderer
You speak of love
But I've never heard of her
I am fucked
And I am fucking too
My name is Tristan
And I am alive
And the heroine
I am lost And I am rescuing
The storm is come
And I am following
My name is Tristan
And I am alive
Forever young
I come from God knows where
Because now I'm here
Without a hope or care
I am trouble
And I am troubled too
My name is Tristan
And I am alive
Sorrow by name
And sorrow by nature
Working for joy
On overtime
Stuck on a line
Of misadventure
I fear no crime
I am the victim
And the murderer
You speak of love
But I've never heard of her
I am fucked
And I am fucking too
My name is Tristan
And I am alive
Lyrics submitted by timeforheroes
Track duration: 02:36
"Tristan" as written by Patrick Wolf
Lyrics © CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP
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The name Tristan means Child of Sorrow from what I know. And I was exactly that. Being and Indigo Child I had a very rough childhood, I was very misunderstood and mislead towards doom due to my own actions and curiosities. I come to learn those things that made my life almost worth not living due to the disability to fit in and get along with others made me what I am which is an amazing, happy, loving, empathetic, good hearted human being. I was a child of sorrow, but now I am a man and I have seen myself, and my the book has yet to be written on my adulthood where as my childhood was doomed, it was in my name.
My life has been full of sexual lustful pleasure. Similar to how many of you express you feel after listening to this. I have not known love till more recently when I found what I would call my soulmate. My story is certainly of misadventure and I feel that Patrick was singing about my life in this song, down to the T, no pun intended. I am happy to have my own song that sings my old story. But I am no longer attached to the negatives of that name anymore.
its just so passionate
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I don't know if it was in Patrick Wolf's mind... but it's funny:
the name "Tristan" comes from the old gaelic, "drust", and it means "uproar", "revolt". Later, the christians used the word "triste", "sad", to transform the name.
from the revolt to the sadness... Two meanings of a same name. Just like in this song.
I like this song for an obvious reason: my name is Tristan (for real :) ) It's such a common name in France (where I come from), but I didn't know it exists in english too. I heard Tristram, never Tristan.