So Near, But So Far

“And everything gone and all still to come. As nothing to us, together as one. In each other’s arms, so near and so far. Forever as now. Underneath the stars...”

The Cure, Underneath the Stars

Hearing hypnotic waves

Softly lick the shore

Hearing their soft whispers

Swishing with one another

With the night sky

And with you, sitting by my side

Underneath the stars

Watching the sun slowly sink

Into the twilight

Melting into the sky

Forming a pleasure dome

Like a blanket of calmness and security

Hovering above the night sky

And of us sitting side by side

Underneath the stars

The evening sleeps so peacefully

I could last here forever in this pleasure dome

Surrounded by stars and light

Of milky ways and galaxies

Of your voice mingling

With the whispering wind

And with you sitting by my side

Underneath the stars

Everything collapses like dying stars imploding in on themselves

You couldn’t last here forever

In this pleasure dome

Now surrounded by black-holes and emptiness

But your voice haunts me

As I sit alone

Underneath the stars

Hearing hallow waves

Wash up the empty shore

Hissing to each other

To the bleak sky

And to me, sitting alone

Grasping onto memories

Where you sat by my side

Underneath the stars

Your voice lingers in my head

With the waves’ soft whispers

They endlessly hum with the night air

Like nightingales endlessly singing,

Calling for me

With their never-ending cries

Wishing you were here

Sitting by my side

Underneath the stars

I long for a connection and beg for your presence

In a pleasure dome

Surrounded by stars and light

But when I look up

I know that you are too

Looking up at the same night sky

Underneath the stars

I see pulses of light

Binding us together

Your presence is so near

But so far

Contained in our pleasure dome

Underneath the stars

Hearing hypnotic waves

Softly lick the shore

Hearing their soft whispers

Swishing with one another

With the night sky

And with us, sitting together as one

Underneath the stars