All That's Left
Ephemeral Memories: Unveiling the Echoes of Lost Love
Lyrics
In dreams I reach to touch your perfect face again
In dreams, the speaker longs to reconnect with a loved one's perfect face.
In dreams you never cry or walk away
In the dream world, the loved one never expresses sadness or leaves.
But I wake to the truth, the daylight streaming in
Upon waking, the reality sets in, with daylight symbolizing truth and the inability to keep the loved one.
I never found the way or words to make you stay
The speaker acknowledges the failure to find a way or use words to make the loved one stay.
Photographs and falling leaves
Photographs and falling leaves represent remnants of the past, memories that are fading away.
Scattered dust of memories
Scattered dust of memories implies the disintegration and dispersal of past experiences.
The poems I wrote I still believe
The speaker still believes in the poems they wrote about the relationship, suggesting a lingering emotional connection.
That's all that's left of you and me
The poems are all that remain of the relationship between the speaker and the loved one.
I found a flower in a book you hid away
Discovering a flower in a book symbolizes finding a trace of the past, perhaps a symbol of love hidden away.
In better days they seem so long ago
Reflecting on better days, which now seem distant and unreachable.
I tried to touch it but it crumbled in my hand
Trying to touch the flower but it crumbling in the hand represents the fragility and impossibility of reclaiming the past.
Just like a future planned that we would never know
A future planned that will never be realized, adding a sense of loss and unfulfilled potential.
Photographs and falling leaves
Reiteration of photographs and falling leaves, emphasizing the fading nature of memories.
Scattered dust of memories
Continuation of memories being reduced to scattered dust, highlighting their transitory nature.
The poems I wrote I still believe
Reaffirmation that the speaker still believes in the emotional significance of the poems they wrote about the relationship.
That's all that's left of you and me
The poems are emphasized again as the only remnants of the relationship.
Echoes of a better time
Echoes of a better time persist in the speaker's mind, suggesting the lasting impact of happier moments.
Ring forever in my mind
These echoes ring forever, indicating their enduring presence despite the passage of time.
Where I'm going where I've been
Reflecting on the journey of life, with different places experienced in the end.
Different places in the end
Despite the varied experiences, there is a recognition of commonality in reaching different places.
Photographs and falling leaves
Recurrence of the theme of photographs and falling leaves, reinforcing the theme of fading memories.
Scattered dust of memories
Reiteration of memories turning into scattered dust, underscoring the inevitability of forgetting.
The poems I wrote I still believe
Reaffirmation that the speaker still believes in the emotional significance of the poems written about the relationship.
That's all that's left of you and me
The poems remain as the sole remnants of the relationship between the speaker and the loved one.
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