This song is based on a popular song by Bulat Okudzhava where a couple longs for each other while being apart for a long time. But when they finally meet, they just don’t say or do the right thing, and the relationship doesn’t materialize, and they end up going their separate ways despite still longing for each other all their lives.
So it’s a song about being apart, having a chance at love, and ultimately losing love.
You can say it’s a song about a crush, but it’s really a sad love song about heartbreak. If you like songs about heartbreak, here is my collection of sad love songs about heartbreak.
Song Lyrics
VERSE 1
Every night she slept dreaming of me.
And in my dreams, she was all I could see.
We met on the stars as we closed our eyes.
Swirling around each other in midnight skies.
VERSE 2
We painted sunsets lavender.
While sharing dreams in love whispers.
Until sunrise broke the spell – time to part.
Waking apart missing half of our hearts.
VERSE 3
After years I came to her door.
To give her the flowers my heart grew for her.
But I tripped on my words and couldn’t confess.
How for years I dreamed of her caress.
VERSE 4
She was dying to melt in my arms.
But hesitated to reach for my palms.
We stood silently and I began to leave.
Back to live in the dreams we weave.
BRIDGE
Dreams kept love alive while decades flew by.
I met her later – her eyes still with pain of our last goodbye.
We melted into a clutching embrace.
But this vivid dream ended with only silent walls to face.
More Music Inspired By Bulat Okudzhava
If you like this style of poetic music, I’ve translated a number of songs by Bulat Okudzhava. If I was to describe him, he might be the Russian version of Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen. Here is the link to listen to all of the songs by Bulat Okudzhava I translated to English.
Song about losing love (170) / song about being apart (70) / Song about seperation (110) / song about longing (390) / song about distant love (50)