Lyrics
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Referencing the evening time with a poetic description of purple dusk.
Steals across the meadows of my heart
Describing the emotional landscape as twilight spreads across the speaker's heart.
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Observing stars ascending in the sky, symbolizing separation or distance.
Always reminding me that we're apart
Expressing how the stars serve as a constant reminder of the emotional distance between the speaker and a loved one.
You wander down the lane and far away
Describing the loved one walking away, leaving behind a lasting song.
Leaving me a song that will not die
Highlighting the enduring nature of the song, a musical representation of the departed love.
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
Characterizing love as stardust from the past.
The music of the years gone by.
Referring to the music that represents the years that have passed.
Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
Reflecting on how the speaker spends lonely nights.
The lonely nights
Expressing a sense of longing during the solitary evenings.
Dreaming of a song
Dreaming about a particular song.
The melody
Highlighting the importance of the melody in the speaker's thoughts.
Haunts my reverie
Indicating that the melody lingers in the speaker's daydreams.
And I am once again with you
Recalling a time when the speaker felt reunited with the loved one through the music.
When our love was new
Reminiscing about the early stages of love.
And each kiss an inspiration
Describing kisses as a source of inspiration in the past.
But that was long ago
Acknowledging that these moments of inspiration are now in the distant past.
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Finding solace in the stardust of a song as a substitute for the lost love.
Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
Imagining being close to the loved one when stars shine brightly.
You are in my arms
Visualizing an embrace with the loved one under a starlit sky.
The nightingale
Referring to the nightingale as a symbol of romance.
Tells his fairytale
Describing the nightingale's song as a tale of paradise, reminiscent of a time when roses bloomed.
Of paradise, where roses grew
Painting a poetic picture of an idealized paradise associated with the loved one.
Though I dream in vain
Admitting that dreams of reunion are futile or unattainable.
In my heart it will remain
Asserting that, despite the impossibility, the memory of love persists in the heart.
My stardust melody
Calling the remembered melody "stardust," indicating its celestial and enduring nature.
The memory of love's refrain.
Highlighting the lasting impact of love's refrain in the speaker's memory.
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