Stardust
Twilight Melodies: Nostalgia and Longing in Billy Vaughn's Stardust
Lyrics
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Describing the evening, the speaker refers to the purple dusk of twilight time.
Steals across the meadows of my heart
Expressing emotions, twilight extends across the speaker's heart like a meadow.
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Observing stars rising in the sky, symbolizing separation from a loved one.
Always reminding me that we're apart
Starry reminders emphasize the distance and absence between the speaker and the loved one.
You wander down the lane and far away
The loved one wanders away, leaving behind an enduring song.
Leaving me a song that will not die
The song becomes a lasting memory, persisting despite the departure of the loved one.
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
Love has transformed into stardust, a nostalgic echo of the past.
The music of the years gone by.
Reflecting on the music that encapsulates the years gone by.
Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
Contemplating how lonely nights are spent.
The lonely nights
The speaker wonders about the emotional toll of solitude.
Dreaming of a song
Dreaming about a song that holds significance.
The melody
Reference to the melody that lingers in the speaker's thoughts.
Haunts my reverie
The haunting melody is a constant presence in the speaker's daydreams.
And I am once again with you
The song brings the speaker back to a time when love was new.
When our love was new
Nostalgia for the early days of love.
And each kiss an inspiration
Each kiss was once a source of inspiration.
But that was long ago
Reflecting on the past, acknowledging that it was a long time ago.
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Present consolation is found in the stardust of a song.
Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
Under bright stars, the speaker imagines being with the loved one.
You are in my arms
In a fantasy, the loved one is embraced by the speaker under the stars.
The nightingale
A nightingale narrates a fairytale by the garden wall.
Tells his fairytale
The fairytale includes paradise where roses once grew.
Of paradise, where roses grew
Describing a dream of a perfect place connected to the loved one.
Though I dream in vain
The dreams are unfulfilled, but the yearning remains in the speaker's heart.
In my heart it will remain
The emotional imprint of the stardust melody persists in the speaker's heart.
My stardust melody
The song is a lasting memory of love's refrain.
The memory of love's refrain.
Concluding with the enduring memory of love captured in the song.
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