Song Description

Worldbeat/Caribbean feel. Danceable. Complex lyrics, discuss our difficulty with accepting change.

Lyrics

As if it Were the First Time
(copyright Mario Vickram Sen 1996)

1
And so the years have come and gone,
There have been rich times and there have been poor.
But the sadness of losing only serves to remind us
Of a life that we once lived before.
They?re playing Christmas music already.
Halloween is hardly over and they?re putting up those trees.
I am stifled by the air of expectations unfulfilled,
And long forgotten memories.

Chorus:
And in the end, after we?ve been through it over and over again,
We seerm determined to repeat our mistakes,
And begin anew, as if it were the first time.


The last time I saw you,
I was standing outside a movie theatre in the drizzling rain.
You were shining radiant in my eyes,
But the distances between us we could not regain.
We spoke of a mutual friend ?
How strange it was to see you there that particular day ?
I remarked later to my boy when, politely, you had taken leave and walked away.

Chorus:
And in the end, after we?ve been through it over and over again,
We seerm determined to repeat our mistakes,
And begin anew, as if it were the first time.


3
A beautiful woman
Offerred me devotion and a love so true.
In many respects, I must admit,
That she reminded me uncomfortably of you.
I turned her away,
And I can?t seem to understand the reason why.
There are devils dancing in my heart,
And an angel staring sadly through my lonely eye.

Chorus:
And in the end, after we?ve been through it over and over again,
We seerm determined to repeat our mistakes,
And begin anew, as if it were the first time.