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

Quotes #1

Today, Chrono Cross. This story is such a big part of me. Of how I percieve everything around me. But mostly, it's a part of my dreams. My dreams throughout my entire life. Though it's the essence of Chrono Cross that I love, and the entirety of it, the story is full of sentences and words worth quoting. But... It's not really easy to dig up quotes from this game, seeing as it's, well, a game(and you can't skim through a game)... However, I know a few by heart. So, here goes.

~

What was the start of all this?
When did the cogs of fate begin to turn?
Perhaps it's impossible to grasp that answer now,
from deep within the flow of time...

But, for a certainty, back then,
we loved so many, yet hated so much,
we hurt others and were hurt ourselves...

Yet even then, we ran like the wind
whilst our laughter echoed,
under cerulean skies...

~

R.I.P.
Our beloved Serge
Died age 7
Nobody can take
anything away from him,
nor can anyone
give anything to him.
What came from the sea,
has returned to the sea.

~

The sea never changes, does it...? It's been rolling in and out, like this, since before we were born. It's been here for eternity, it seems... It's probably seen many things... Heard many things... It'll probably keep rolling in and out, long after our lifetime... Without a singel change... Hey, Serge... Remember we used to sit and talk like this when we were kids? With the gentle sea breeze and the tranquil sound of the waves? Just the two of us... Talking... But aren't memories strange? Just when you think that you've forgotten about something, it comes floating back into your heart. I guess it's just lying there in wait. Waiting for that right moment... Why, we might even remember this very moment someday! In 10, 20 years... when we're all grown up and married, and have kids of our own... Then one day... When that time comes, I wonder what kind of adults we'll be? What kind of life will I be leading...?"

~

Thus the curtain closes on another tale.

An eternity has passed...
Fleeting dreams fade into the distance...
All that is left now
is me and my memories...

But I'm sure we'll meet again,
someday, you and I...
Another place, another time.

It's just that we might not realize
that you are you and I am me...

Let us open the door to the great unknown,
come across another reality,
and live another day...

Even when the story has been told,
life goes on...

Until we meet again,
take care of yourself, my friend.

I'll find you...
Even if I have to search the world over...
Sometime, somwhere...

I'm sure...

Nine million bicycles

This is the song I was listening to the first time I realized that I love you. That was almost three years ago. It hurts a lot, now that I'm listening to it again. I miss that summer. And I miss who I used to be. I used to feel so much more like me. Well. I'm gonna finish my yoghurt in the name of great summers to come. And I'm gonna begin to hope. I'll try, anyway.

~

there are nine million bicycles in Bejing
that's a fact, it's a thing we can't deny
like the fact that I will love you 'til I die

we are twelve billion light years from the edge
that's a guess, no one can ever say it's true
but I know that I will always be with you

I'm warmed by the fire of your love every day
so don't call me a lier
just believe everything that I say

there are six billion people in the world
more or less, and it makes me feel quite small
but you're the one I love the most of all

we're high on a wire with the world in our sight
and I'll never tire
of the love that you give me every night

there are nine million bicycles in Bejing
that's a fact, it's a thing we can't deny
like the fact that I will love you 'til I die

Ai wa hana, kimi wa sono tane

Every time I watch this, I start crying.

As far as I know, the lyrics posted here are the english ones, and not a translation of the japanese lyrics. But these lyrics are perfect to me, and they fit the melody and I just love them.

~

some say, love, it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
some say, love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed
some say, love, it is a hunger
an endless, aching need
I say, love, it is a flower
and you its only seed

it's the heart, afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
it's the dream, afraid of waking
that never takes a chance
it's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul, afraid of dying
that never learns to live

when the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
just remember, in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed, that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose

Bouncing off clouds

I love, love, LOVE the piano in this. Wherever I am, on the bus or at work or in bed, I can't help but twist and drum my fingers around to match it.

~

bouncing off of clouds, we were
is their a love lost and found?

make it easy, make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
wrapped in metal, wrapped in ivy
painted in mint ice cream

we could be bouncing off the top of this cloud
(I'll put on my silver)
bouncing off the top of this cloud

failure to respond, but
I did, but did you listen?

bouncing off the top of this cloud
(I'll put on my silver)
about what you said, has it come to this?
(I'll put on my silver)
bouncing off the top off this cloud

well, you can stare all day at the sky
but that won't bring her back
that won't bring her back
you say you're waiting on fate
but I think fate is now
I think fate is now
waiting on us

make it easy, easy, easy
we could make this easy
easy, love, easy

we could make this easy, make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
make this easy, make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
wrapped in metal, wrapped in ivy
blue umbrellas smiling

we could be bouncing off the top of this cloud
(I'll put on my silver)
about what you said, has it come to this?
(I'll put on my silver)
bouncing off the top off this cloud

bouncing off of clouds, we were