Hesperus and Phosphorus
Ephemeral Connections: Embracing Life's Transience
Lyrics
If you sit by her, you'll do it softly
If you sit by her, approach with gentleness and care
and talk with her awhile
Engage in conversation with her for a while
Watch the light move from her lips
Observe the light emanating from her lips
Most everytime she smiles
Her smiles are frequent and significant
When you hold her in your arms
When you embrace her, allow her to move freely and purely
Let her move so pure and free
Her happiness is independent and not reliant on me
Her happiness i know now
A realization that her joy is self-contained
Never did depend on me
I am not the source of her happiness
There's a difference between the morning and The evening star
Highlighting the difference between the morning and evening star
I'm told its a mystery
Describing it as a mystery
It's just two things can't be the same
Emphasizing the inherent difference between two things
And that's how it ought to be
Expressing acceptance of this natural distinction
There is just one thing that I regret
A regret about a singular aspect
And its easy to do
It's an easy regret to have
When of all these people here, not one of them will ever be you
None of the present people can replace a specific individual
You were so small then so fragile and thin
Reflecting on someone's past state of being small, fragile, and thin
You siad hey why don't you give up now you Never really wanted to win
Recalling a moment of discouragement and suggestion to give up
There's a little music you can still hear it down North Street
Reference to lingering music in North Street, a reminder of the past
Where we'd known each other long enough to know we'll never meet
Acknowledging a long acquaintance but a realization of never meeting again
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