Stardust
Stardust Melody: Love's Timeless Echo in Twilight
Lyrics
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Refers to the time of evening when the sky turns purple as the sun sets.
Steals across the meadows of my heart
Describes a peaceful and emotional state within the speaker.
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Indicates the stars appearing in the sky.
Always reminding me that we're apart
Reminds the speaker of being separated from a loved one.
You wander down the lane and far away
Refers to the loved one departing and going far away.
Leaving me a song that will not die
Suggests that the departing loved one left behind a memorable song.
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
States that the feeling of love is now a distant memory.
The music of the years gone by.
Expresses nostalgia for the music associated with past years.
Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
Reflects on how the speaker spends their lonely nights.
The lonely nights
Continues the theme of loneliness during the nighttime.
Dreaming of a song
Highlights the act of dreaming about a specific song.
The melody
Emphasizes the melody of the song as a constant presence in the speaker's thoughts.
Haunts my reverie
States that the melody continuously occupies the speaker's thoughts and dreams.
And I am once again with you
Recalls being with the loved one in the past.
When our love was new
Recaptures the time when the love between the speaker and the loved one was new.
And each kiss an inspiration
Describes the feeling of each kiss being an inspiration during the early stages of love.
But that was long ago
Highlights that this period of intense love was in the distant past.
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
States that the speaker finds solace in the nostalgic memory of the song associated with love.
Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
Implies a scenario where the loved one is imagined in an intimate embrace under the starry sky.
You are in my arms
Further emphasizes the intimate closeness with the loved one.
The nightingale
Introduces the image of a nightingale singing a beautiful tale.
Tells his fairytale
Describes a tale of paradise associated with the loved one.
Of paradise, where roses grew
Envisions a place of beauty and love where roses grow.
Though I dream in vain
Admits to dreaming in vain about this idealized paradise.
In my heart it will remain
Recognizes that despite futile dreams, the memory of this ideal love remains in the heart.
My stardust melody
Refers to the song's melody as the speaker's personal memory of love.
The memory of love's refrain.
Concludes with the idea that the memory of love's essence remains in the melody of the song.
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