Joli Coeur
Whispers on the Autumn Breeze: A Yearning for Lost Love
Lyrics
Today I took a walk through your neighbourhood
Reflecting on a stroll in the neighborhood
I could've sworn it's in another dimension
Sensing a surreal or otherworldly quality
How long ago was it you left for good?
Contemplating the duration since the departure
If only I could guess in which direction
Wishing to know the direction of departure
Now on the radio they cut your song
Noticing the absence of the song on the radio
As if in confirmation you are gone
Confirmation or acknowledgment of the absence
I need a medium to bring you back
Desiring a medium to reconnect with the departed
Into the wilderness to find your tracks
Searching in the wilderness for traces or memories
Oh, on the autumn breeze
Sensing a connection in the autumn breeze
I swear I heard you whisper me
Imagining a whispered communication
But it was just a reverie (I swear I heard you whisper me)
Realizing it was just a dream or illusion
A dreamer, I suppose
Identifying as a dreamer
That's all I've only ever known
Acknowledging a history of dreaming
And now I guess it starts to show (all I've ever known)
Noticing the impact of this tendency
Joli Cœur
Introducing the term "Joli Cœur"
Tomorrow borrows all my hope from me
Expressing a loss of hope for the future
Dripping red, I have fed all of my demons
Metaphorically addressing personal struggles
To be a solitary is to be free
Defining freedom in solitude
Without a destination, left without a reason
Feeling directionless and purposeless
Now on the radio they kill your song
Noticing the disappearance of the song on the radio
To feed the narrative that you are gone
Contributing to a narrative of absence
I can't recall if you were even here
Doubting the presence of the departed
In time all memory will disappear
Anticipating the fading of memories over time
Still on the autumn breeze
Feeling a continued connection in the autumn breeze
I swear I heard you whisper me
Perceiving a whispered message
But it was just a reverie (I swear I heard you whisper me)
Realizing it was a reverie or daydream
A dreamer, I suppose
Reiterating the identity as a dreamer
That's all I've only ever known
Acknowledging a consistent dreamer status
And now I guess it starts to show (all I've ever known)
Recognizing the outward signs of this identity
Now what am I to do?
Expressing uncertainty about the next steps
I'm never not dreaming of you
Persistently dreaming of the departed
I'm never not speaking to you (still I'm dreaming of you, you)
Continuing a form of communication through dreams
Joli
Repeating the term "Joli Cœur"
Now, what are we to call this space?
Pondering the nature of the space or relationship
(Now, what are we to call this space?)
Highlighting the inadequacy of potions or substitutes
That drinking potions can't replace? (That I can't replace)
Raising questions about the departed's identity
What even was your name? (What even was your name?)
Forgetting essential details like a name
Now I can't remember your face (your face)
Struggling to recall the departed's face
Still on the autumn breeze
Feeling a persistent connection in the autumn breeze
I swear I heard you whisper me
Hearing a whispered message in the wind
But it was just a reverie (I swear I heard you whisper me)
Recognizing it as another reverie or daydream
A dreamer, I suppose (dreamer, I suppose)
Acknowledging the dreamer identity
That's all I've only ever known
Affirming a consistent history of dreaming
And now I guess it starts to show (all I've ever known)
Observing the visible impact of this tendency
Now what am I to do?
Expressing uncertainty about the future
I'm never not dreaming of you
Continuing to dream about the departed
I'm never not speaking to you (still I'm dreaming of you, you)
Maintaining a form of communication through dreams
Joli Cœur
Reiterating the term "Joli Cœur"
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