Story Behind The Song

Carl Walker-Hoover hanged himself in his room after being bullied at school. He was used as a template here to call attention to suicides commited by many young people who choose death over torment at school.

Song Description

A song about bullying and its consequences.

Lyrics

Beautiful boy with an easy smile
Gentle soul and a flair for style
Tried his best to please his mom
Did his chores, got his homework done

Bully coiled to attack
That beautiful lad in the schoolyard
Enlisting his gang to sink their fangs
Into that child's innocent heart

Oh bully what have you done
You said you and your gang were just having fun
Calling him "faggot", calling him "queer"
Spewing your venom into his ear

But the day arrived the lad couldn't go inside
That schoolyard so filled with pending doom
So he stayed at home instead
And hung himself in his room

Oh bully what have you done
You said you and your gang were just having fun
Calling him "faggot", calling him "queer"
Spewing your venom into his ear

Now beneath the cold gray sky the hearse rolls by
Cars snaking along behind
And the kids in the gang come over and hang
At the edge of the sidewalk to try

And catch a glimpse of the ghost that will
Haunt them the rest of their lives

Oh bully what have you done
You murdered a child with your hateful tongue
Calling him faggot, calling him queer
But he can no longer hear