Stardust
Stardust Melody: Love's Timeless Echoes
Lyrics
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Refers to the evening time, suggesting a melancholic atmosphere with the use of "purple dusk."
Steals across the meadows of my heart
Describes a feeling of emotional infiltration into the speaker's heart through the twilight.
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Highlights the stars ascending in the sky, serving as a constant reminder of separation.
Always reminding me that we're apart
Expresses the enduring sense of being apart from a loved one, emphasized by celestial imagery.
You wander down the lane and far away
Depicts the loved one walking away, leaving behind a song that holds significance.
Leaving me a song that will not die
The departing loved one leaves behind a lasting, unforgettable song.
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
Characterizes love as a nostalgic element, now existing as stardust from the past.
The music of the years gone by.
Associates love with the music of bygone years, suggesting a reflection on the passage of time.
Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
Reflects on the speaker's contemplation of how time is spent.
The lonely nights
Expresses the loneliness experienced during nights of solitude.
Dreaming of a song
Implies daydreaming about a specific song during moments of solitude.
The melody
Refers to the musical tune that occupies the speaker's thoughts.
Haunts my reverie
Describes how the melody lingers persistently in the speaker's daydreams.
And I am once again with you
Recalls a time when the speaker was reunited with the loved one through the music.
When our love was new
Evokes memories of the initial phase of love when everything was new and exciting.
And each kiss an inspiration
Attributes a romantic and inspiring quality to each kiss during the earlier stage of the relationship.
But that was long ago
Acknowledges that those romantic moments are in the distant past.
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Finds solace in the enduring presence of the song, now transformed into stardust.
Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
Places the loved one metaphorically in the speaker's arms when stars are bright.
You are in my arms
Recreates a romantic scene by a garden wall under the illuminated night sky.
The nightingale
Introduces the nightingale, symbolizing the storytelling aspect of the natural world.
Tells his fairytale
Describes the nightingale narrating a fairytale of paradise where roses once thrived.
Of paradise, where roses grew
Portrays a dream of an idealized place where love and beauty flourished.
Though I dream in vain
Admits that the dream is unfulfilled, possibly indicating the impossibility of returning to the past.
In my heart it will remain
Asserts that, despite the dream being in vain, the memory remains in the speaker's heart.
My stardust melody
Refers to the enduring nature of the stardust melody as a memory of love's refrain.
The memory of love's refrain.
Summarizes the essence of the song as a lasting recollection of love's expression.
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