Lyrics
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Describing the evening with a poetic touch, using "purple dusk of twilight time."
Steals across the meadows of my heart
Expressing the emotional impact of twilight on the speaker's heart.
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Observing stars ascending in the sky, serving as a reminder of separation.
Always reminding me that we're apart
Highlighting the constant reminder of the distance between the speaker and their loved one.
You wander down the lane and far away
Imagining the loved one wandering away, leaving a lasting song.
Leaving me a song that will not die
Reflecting on the enduring nature of the song left behind by the departed lover.
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
Describing how love has transformed into stardust, a distant memory of the past.
The music of the years gone by.
Referring to the music as a representation of the years that have passed.
Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
Expressing contemplation about how the speaker spends lonely nights.
The lonely nights
Highlighting the theme of loneliness during the nights.
Dreaming of a song
Dreaming of a song that holds significance for the speaker.
The melody
Focusing on the melody that lingers in the speaker's thoughts.
Haunts my reverie
Describing how the melody occupies the speaker's daydreams.
And I am once again with you
Revisiting the past when the speaker and the loved one were together.
When our love was new
Nostalgically recalling the early days of love.
And each kiss an inspiration
Characterizing each kiss as a source of inspiration in the past.
But that was long ago
Acknowledging that the moments described are from a distant time.
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Finding solace in the stardust of the memories embodied in a song.
Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
Setting the scene of being close to the loved one when stars are bright.
You are in my arms
Expressing the physical closeness with the loved one under the stars.
The nightingale
Introducing the nightingale, a symbol of love and romance.
Tells his fairytale
Describing the nightingale telling a fairy tale of paradise and roses.
Of paradise, where roses grew
Painting a picture of an idyllic place where roses grew.
Though I dream in vain
Admitting that dreams of being reunited are futile.
In my heart it will remain
Emphasizing that, despite being in vain, the dream persists in the heart.
My stardust melody
Referring to the enduring melody of stardust in the speaker's memory.
The memory of love's refrain.
Summing up the theme, emphasizing the memory of love through the refrain of the song.
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