Gold Dust

(the only good version I could find on youtube was an instrumental one. But what the heck, the melody is the most beautiful thing ever.)

I wish I could share everything I see and feel and breathe when I listen to this, but I can't. I'm perfectly able to put it into words, but my words won't do my feelings and memories justice. So I can't, and I won't. Besides. I don't need to tell myself why this song means everything. I will always know. I will always, always remember.

sights and sounds pull me back down, another year
I was here, I was here
whipping past the reflecting pool, me and you
skipping school

oh, and we make it up as we go along
we make it up as we go along

you said you raced from langley, pulling me underneath
a cherry blossom canopy
do I have? of course I have, beneat my raincoat
I have your photograph

and the sun on your face
I'm freezing that frame

and somewhere, Alfie cries
and says, "enjoy his every smile,
you can see in the dark
through the eyes of Laura Mars,"

"how did it go so fast?"
you'll say, as we are looking back
and then we'll understand
we held gold dust
in our hands

sights and sounds pull me back down
another year
I was here, I was here
gas lights glow in the streets
twilight held us in her palm
as we walked along

oh, and we make it up as we go along
we make it up as we go along

letting names hang in the air
what colour hair?
autumn knowingly stared

and the day that she came
I'm freezing that frame
I'm freezing that frame

and somewhere, Alfie smiles
and says, "enjoy her every cry,
you can see in the dark
through the eyes of Laura Mars,"

"how did it go so fast?"
you'll say, as we are looking back
and then we'll understand
we held gold dust
in our hands
in our hands