Once You've Been in Love
Eternal Echoes of Love: Sarah Vaughan's Once You've Been in Love
Lyrics
Once You've Been in Love"
Once you have experienced being in love
Once you awake in someone's arms
After waking up in someone's embrace
Once you have shared the dawn
Once you have shared the beginning of a new day
Once you have glimpsed the face of love that flows, the space of love, you're someone else forever
Having seen the essence of love that encompasses, transforms, and lingers, you are changed permanently
Once you have dreamed in someone's arms
After dreaming while in the arms of someone else
How can you dream alone?
Questioning the possibility of dreaming alone after experiencing shared dreams
Once you have known the joys of time, the smiles of time
Once you have experienced the pleasures of moments, the happiness of moments
Can you walk alone across the miles of time?
Wondering if it's possible to traverse the journey of life alone after having known the joy of shared time
After you've heard the 'song of songs'
After being enchanted by the most beautiful love song
What other song will do?
Questioning if any other song can compare or suffice
After your eyes are dazzled by the summer sunlight - oh how long before they grow accustomed to the dark of winter?
Reflecting on the challenge of adapting to darkness after being dazzled by the brightness of summer
Once I belonged in someone's arms
Recalling a time when you belonged in someone's arms
I never felt the cold
Not feeling the cold when embraced by love
And once I believed in someone's arms
Believing in the security of someone's arms
That they would always hold me
Trusting that those arms would always provide comfort and support
Once I was sure how real it was
Being certain of the reality of love
Now I try to pretend it never was
Now attempting to deny or forget the past love
Long to forget it ever was
Desiring to erase the memory of love
But with so many memories where do you begin?
Struggling to decide where to start forgetting amidst numerous memories
Once you've been in love
Acknowledging the profound impact of having experienced love
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