Serenade
Whispers of Love and Loss: Roxy Music's Serenade Unveiled
Lyrics
Darkness falls
Darkness envelops the surroundings
Around your window pane
Close to where you are, there's dim light
A light still burns
A faint flame remains
But just a smouldering flame
But it's barely burning
Is it the end of another affair
Wondering if it's the end of a relationship
An open engagement with gloom
An openly acknowledged connection to sadness
Or will you be smiling
Questioning if you'll smile again
When the sun conjures up
When happiness emerges again
A broken spell au clair de lune?
When a spell is broken under moonlight
Silhouette
Outline or shape
As you draw the shade
As you block out external visibility
Cloak of night
Night's cover, specifically tailored for you
You know it's tailor-made
You're aware it's custom-made for the night
G-Plan gymnastics
An allusion to contemporary furniture (G-Plan) and movements, perhaps suggesting modern attempts to find comfort or solace
By an everglow fire
Adjacent to a consistent, enduring fire
Could never mean the same
Implying that this scenario won't match the joy of summer
As summer enchantment
The summer's delight won't compare to this setting
By an old mill steam
Moving from romantic love to more costly and extravagant interactions
From courtly love to costly game
Transition from pure love to a more complex and expensive relationship
Maybe I'm wrong for seeming
Self-reflection on potential ingratitude or lack of forgiveness
Ungrateful, unforgiving
Sensing a difficulty in expressing gratitude or forgiveness
Oh how it hurts now you're finally leaving
The pain felt upon the departure of a significant person
I couldn't take anymore
Expressing inability to handle more emotional burden
Now's the time!
Now is the moment
Let's hide away
Let's find seclusion
Sacred hours
Special and untainted moments
Saved from yesterday
Rescued from the past
Boo-hoo willows weep around you still
A poetic reference to crying willows and reflections
Mirror reflections of dew
Reflections akin to those found on dew drops
But waterfall pages of an open book
Potential for new beginnings represented in a book's pages
Could shower new horizons soon
The book's pages can offer new opportunities
Call the tune
A request or suggestion to take control
Will you swoon
Wondering if you'll be overwhelmed
As I croon
As I sing affectionately to you
Your serenade
My musical tribute to you
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