Writings

Maybe one of these days

Maybe one of these days
Time will really turn back
Turn back for you and me too
Those easy days that we can’t go back to
Perhaps there’ll be a day
That really marks the end of the world
We’ll propose a toast with the nectar brewed from our memories
Bottoms up with you

If I had to choose a scene
That represented youth
What comes to mind are the tears and blue sky
That year at graduation
Where we were crying while laughing and hugging too
Your face
Fills me with love, longing, song and tears
But I miss it so
Longing always comes all of a sudden, with no forewarning
When memories break free from test papers and burst past the years
Before my eyes
You and I are covered in sweat, drinking soda
By the field
We agreed that no matter what
Together we would walk to the world of the future
Now the world of the future is here
Why is it that your side and my side
Don’t belong to the same side?
Our vow of friendship was as strong as Noah’s ark
But as I look out at the sea, waiting
My vision is forever blurred

Maybe one of these days
Time will really turn back
Turn back for you and me too
Those easy days that we can’t go back to
Perhaps there’ll be a day
That really marks the end of the world
We’ll propose a toast with the nectar brewed from our memories
Bottoms up with you

Over the years I bought cars, watches
Bought a single lens reflex camera
But I discover that what I can’t chase down and what I can’t stop
Is still the same
Is life simply accepting destiny, accepting fate
Accepting hangovers
All that’s left makes it harder to laugh and easier to cry
Without making us more mature
Maturity is the death of dreams, a trial
Why are only dreams being ground away
Until they are too small to see
Sometimes I really feel like crying
Yet the tears don’t come
Looking forward to whether you will or he will
Hold a reunion
He’s waiting for you, you’re waiting for me, who am I waiting for?
Whose child is asleep
cell phone uncharged
Mentally unprepared
The sky goes dark and lights up, then dark again continually
Time, places and events fly past without pause
With no strength to chase it down any more

Maybe one of these days
Time will really turn back
Turn back for you and me too
Those easy days that we can’t go back to
Perhaps there’ll be a day
That really marks the end of the world
We’ll propose a toast with the nectar brewed from our memories
Bottoms up with you

Maybe one of these days
Time will really turn back
Turn back for you and me too
Those easy days that we can’t go back to
Perhaps there’ll be a day
That really marks the end of the world
We’ll propose a toast with the nectar brewed from our memories
Bottoms up with you

Eventually there’ll be a day
Where all of us become yesterdays
You walked life’s journey alongside me
Our brisk walk through life
That one day is today
Today is that one day
I’ll tell you about all the gratitude I’ve been keeping inside
Bottoms up with you
One more drink for forever
Drink it to live on, each and every year
Time’s stopped and everyone’s back
Those you’ve missed waiting for your return
Time’s stopped and everyone’s back
Those you’ve missed waiting for your return