In 1961, ONE Magazine (one of the first gay publications in the U.S.) published a love letter from Brian Keith, a WWII veteran, to “Dave,” a fellow soldier with whom he fell in love while stationed in North Africa in 1943.

“Clay,” the final song on Tales of Us and the only one told from a male POV, is Alison Goldfrapp’s gorgeously opaque retelling of Brian and Dave’s love affair.

The full letter is reproduced here; get out your handkerchiefs.