So Close

Do you have a song that tell your story so beautifully, evoke emotions so deep within you?

This one does it for me. The melody takes me away, wandering along the memory lanes of yesteryears, thinking of you. There you are, so close. So close that I can hear the joyousness in your laughter and your voice. So close that I can embrace you in my arms, feeling your warmth of your skin and smelling the scent of your hair. But the lyrics in the end reveal the tender longing and sadness of our story, so gracefully simple and brutally honest. More importantly, it is painfully true. The last line just nails it!

So Close - Jon McLaughlin

You’re in my arms

and all the world is calm

the music playing on for only two

so close together and when I’m with you

so close to feeling alive

a life goes by

romantic dreams will stop

so I bid mine goodbye and never knew

So close was waiting,

Waiting here with you

And now forever I know

All that I wanted to hold you so close

So close to reaching that famous happy end

almost believing

this was not pretend

and you’re beside me

and look how far we’ve come

so far we are

so close

how could I face this faceless days

If I should lose you now

We’re so close to reaching that famous happy end

and almost believing this was not pretend

Let’s go on dreaming for we know we are

So close

So close and still so far

I miss you.