its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Slow dancing
On the boulevard
In the quiet moments
While the city's still dark
Sleepwalking through the summer rain
In the tired spaces
You could hear her name
When she was warm and tender and you
Pulled her arms around you
There was nothing but her
Love and affection she was
Crazy for you now she's
Part of something that you lost
And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be
Night swimming
In her diamond dress
Making small circles
Move across the surface
Stand watching
From the steady shore
Laying wide open
And waiting for
Something warm and tender while she's
Moving further from you
There was nothing that could
Make it easy on you
Every step you take reminds you
That she's walking on
And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be
Every word you never said
Echoes down your empty hallway
Everything that was your world
Just came down
It just came down
Day break on the boulevard
Feel the
Sun warming up your secondhand heart
Light swimming right across your face
You think
Maybe someday
Maybe someday
And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be
On the boulevard
In the quiet moments
While the city's still dark
Sleepwalking through the summer rain
In the tired spaces
You could hear her name
When she was warm and tender and you
Pulled her arms around you
There was nothing but her
Love and affection she was
Crazy for you now she's
Part of something that you lost
And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be
Night swimming
In her diamond dress
Making small circles
Move across the surface
Stand watching
From the steady shore
Laying wide open
And waiting for
Something warm and tender while she's
Moving further from you
There was nothing that could
Make it easy on you
Every step you take reminds you
That she's walking on
And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be
Every word you never said
Echoes down your empty hallway
Everything that was your world
Just came down
It just came down
Day break on the boulevard
Feel the
Sun warming up your secondhand heart
Light swimming right across your face
You think
Maybe someday
Maybe someday
And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be
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this is an awesome song. i dont think its about a breakup , i dont think they actually were together.. i think she was in love with him but he never told her or maybe he pushed her away somehow... and so she moved on and when he realised how much into her he was, it was too late... thats why he is soo bitter as he walks on the memories of the times they spent together... he is regreting what he didnt say "every word you never said, echoes down your empty hallway..."