(Based on a poem by Jaques Prevert : Le Jardin)

Of the thousands of years time would take
They wouldn’t suffice to entice
that small second of eternity
When you kissed me
When I kissed you
One day in the light of winter
with the rhymes of Prevert
in the air-
In Parc-Monsouris, à Paris,
a place on Earth that is a star
some kind of glowing stone from far

It‘s a magical stone full of mystery
In the eye of the storm now I can see
With the space between us, now I try
To see you whole against the sky

We still live here
After all these years
Never let you go
Until the end of that rainbow

It‘s a magical stone full of mystery
In the eye of the storm now I can see
I will never let you go
Just couldn’t see the rainbow then

I’m trying to convert to another time
To a different frequency, than just mine
I am tired of the wine I drink without you
And the thoughts it makes me think about you

You say forever is composed of nows
I didn’t understand these vows
They are part of the stars,
we see them from below
From the park bench of our soul
Remember when poems were told

It’s a magical stone full of mystery
In the eye of the storm now I can see
With the space between us, now I try
To see you there against the sky

We still live here
After all these years
Never let you go
Until the end of that rainbow 

Didn’t know when the dawn would come
I opened all the doors to find the sun
Like the calm inside the storm
Holding on, but alone

It‘s a magical stone full of mystery
In the eye of the storm now I can see
I will never let you go again
Just couldn’t see the rainbow then

It‘s a magical stone full of mystery
In the eye of the storm now I can see

I will never let you go
I will never let you go
I will never let you go
Never let you go

© Ute Lemper