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Steve · 04-03-2005, 10:31 PM

Hi Borderstone.
Don't know exactly what you mean by "pensive". I have sung the song many times and have the impression that some of the lyrics were written to flow easily off the tongue rather than have a specific meaning.
"Passions will part to a warm melody As fires will sometimes turn cold Like petals in the wind Where puppets to the silver strings of souls of changes"
Anyway, it sounds good even though I don't see much meaning in some of the lines.

04-03-2005, 10:31 PM	#5
Steve Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Fort Collins CO, US Posts: 59	Hi Borderstone. Don't know exactly what you mean by "pensive". I have sung the song many times and have the impression that some of the lyrics were written to flow easily off the tongue rather than have a specific meaning. "Passions will part to a warm melody As fires will sometimes turn cold Like petals in the wind Where puppets to the silver strings of souls of changes" Anyway, it sounds good even though I don't see much meaning in some of the lines.