The last time I saw her - Gordon Lightfoot

[Swede]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbqJmrMJc0

The last time I saw her face, her eyes were bathed in starlight and her hair hung long
The last time she spoke to me, her lips were like the scented flowers inside a rain-drenched forest
But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds, I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I walked with her
Her laughter was the steeple bells
That ring to greet the morning sun
A voice that called to everyone
To love the ground she walked upon
Those were good day

The last time I held her hand, her touch was autumn, spring and summer, and winter too
The last time I let go of her, she walked a way into the night
I lost her in the misty streets, a thousand months, a thousand miles
When other lips will kiss her eyes
A million miles beyond the moon, thats where she is

But that was so long ago that I can scarcely feel the way I felt before
And if time could heal the wounds, I would tear the threads away that I might bleed some more
The last time I saw her face, her eyes were bathed in starlight and she walked alone

The last time she kissed my cheek
Her lips were like the wilted leaves
Upon the autumn covered hills
Resting on the frozen ground
The seeds of love lie cold and still
Beneath a battered marking stone
It lies forgotten

[kat_kringle]

1. wow,

very nice share.

have you ever felt that way about someone?

[Swede]

2. Twice now.

It gets more fun every fucking time.

I lost her in the misty streets, a thousand months, a thousand miles
When other lips will kiss her eyes
A million miles beyond the moon, thats where she is.

[kat_kringle]

3. definitely

even in a platonic way, ya know?

[Swede]

5. Losing someone is always sad.

No matter how,or who.

[kat_kringle]

6. but in turn, w/o sadness, there would be no happiness...

i know, cliche of me to say so, i realize. but i guess, i interpret this poem in a semi-positve light as well.

[Swede]

7. Uhm,did you hit the youtube link?

It's also a nice music video.

[kat_kringle]

8. have not. will do tho. n/t

[kat_kringle]

9. different, and trippy.

thanks again, for letting me in on something i didn't know about before. :hi:

[Inchworm]

4. cool

I love his voice...

and stories...

:hi:

[regnaD kciN]

10. Saddest. Song. Ever.

Well, maybe not, but try first running across it as a teenager, just after your first girlfriend has broken up with you. :-(

[KatyaR]

11. I love that song.

I remember sitting down and reading the lyrics the night my best friend was dying from cancer. Somehow they just seemed to fit.

[Swede]

12. It does fit.

I'd not thought of it in this manner.