Danny Boy lyrics
I think the words to the song Ray and Shaz sang together in 3x05 might have just given us a major hint about how the show's going to end (emphasis mine):
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.
And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
Certainly makes you think of the dead cop in the Lancashire field, doesn't it? That, and how Gene is supposedly "trapped" in the copper's limbo ('tis you must go and I must bide).
Also, even though the song could very well be Gene singing to Alex? Personally, if you change the title from "Danny Boy" to "Sammy Boy", then you've just about got my perfect ending for both series. :)
Q
crossposted to a2ashes