What We Really Were

[Verse 1]

It seems years and years ago that

People saw the sun

We would sleep on beaches

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[Verse 2]

Now must I go sleep alone

Between clean cold sheets

But when I was with you we slept wrapped up

In that haunting song you sang

[Chorus]

Of course, you must know that it did all end

How then to recall what we really were?

Of course, you must know that it did all end

Nothing that perfect or simple ever lasts for long

[Bridge]

That haunting song you sang about

Picking roses and dropping them in the beloved's lap

As she dreamed

The translation clumsy

Maybe it was that other song you sang about

The beautiful dress that gets torn

[Chorus]

Of course, you must know that it did all end

How then to recall what we really were?

Of course, you must know that it did all end

Nothing that perfect or simple ever lasts for long