The letters have been sent on, lovers out of time
we just can t pretend
i wonder who i was
We just can t pretend, i promise we ll be, we are reasons so unreal
Perfect strangers down the line, i know we re just like old friends, the letters have been sent on
strangers on the street
strangers on the street
strangers on the street
You know you re just like me, you always were so free
that lovers make amends
That lovers make amends, i still know who you are
Lovers out of time, you always were so free
we ll always be good friends
you know it s not the end
We ll always be good friends, you know this has to be
i still know who you are
I wonder who i was, i still know who you are
we ll always be good friends
You always were so free, we ll always be good friends
I wonder who i was, we can t help but feel that something has been lost Smashing, that lovers make amends
Lovers while we sleep, that lovers make amends, the letters have been sent on
You know it s not the end, perfect strangers when we meet
I know we re just like old friends, you know this has to be
Perfect strangers down the line, perfect strangers when we meet
I still know who you are, we always were so free, the letters have been sent on
This song was playing when I first learned that my dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Sadly, he died less than 2 months later, which was this month. This song will always remind me of him. I wish things were 'perfect' again before his cancer and before having to work a full time job after college.
I miss these days so much it hurts! I just loved how we would zap on the tv, watch MTV, with no worries besides doing homework and how to manage that school crush and SUDDENLY...BOOM! "Hey, that music video is awesome!". "Hey, it's that Pumpkin's new stuff". Then you would hit the record store, search for the album with that particular song. After hearing the whole stuff your heart would just melt. I miss you all, friends, loves, places and things. "Your home is here, within my heart".
for anyone who wants to go get a picture at that store, its in winettka california on roscoe blvd. across from the elementary school. i found out by accident when i went to visit my friend in California and we went there to take back bottles one day. i spit beer all over the dashboard when we pulled in.
I know we're just like old friends
We just can't pretend
That lovers make amends
We are reasons so unreal
We can't help but feel that something has been lost
But please you know you're just like me
Next time I promise we'll be perfect
Perfect
Perfect strangers down the line
Lovers out of time
Memories unwind
So far I still know who you are
But now I wonder who I was...
Angel, you know it's not the end
We'll always be good friends
But the letters have been sent on
So please, you always were so free
You'll see, I promise we'll be perfect
Perfect strangers when we meet
Strangers on the street
Lovers while we sleep
Perfect
You know this has to be
We always we're so free
We promised that we'd be
Perfect
Perfect
Perfect
This music really makes me nostalgic. It's deep, and takes me to distant places in my memory from when I was younger. A time passed; something nobody else can feel or replicate. Indescribable.
The cassette tape falling off the car roof is a homage to the original 1979 video master tapes falling off the roof of the directors cars. They had to reshoot the entire video and what we have now was the remake. I wonder to this day if someone found those old film reels and has them stashed somewhere...
to me the lyrics are a couple who had something serious but something changed, and they aren't together but try to be friends but that doesn't work and they fall away from each other. They both want it to come back but neither can make it happen. So when they see each other they seem like strangers to each other, but in their dreams they are still together.