Strange Meeting Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bladet 

Cover art for Strange Meeting lyrics by Nick Drake

I totally agree, this song is incredibly poetic. There's a lot of melancholy but it never gets depressing. I think it's interesting how he describes his memories. He remembers the look she gave him, the night breeze in his face och tracing the foam in the water, but he doesn't remember what she said. That seems to be true of a lot of memories, you remember feelings, sounds, smells och looks, but it's often hard to recall what you were talking about.

"There's a lot of melancholy but it never gets depressing."

That's it exactly. He walks a fine line and crosses it occasionally, but mostly it's just beautifully mournful.