Lyrics: Nobody’s diary

Nobody's diary, still from the Yazoo video clip
Nobody's diary, still from the Yazoo video clip

Nobody’s diary

If I wait for just a second more
I know I’ll forget what I came here for
My head was so full of things to say
But as I open my lips all my words slip away … and anyway
I can’t believe you want to turn the page
And move your life onto another stage
You can change the chapter you can change the book
But the story remains the same if you’d take a look

[chorus]
For the times we’ve had I don’t want to be – a page in your diary babe
For the good, the bad I don’t want to see – a page in your diary babe
For the happy, the sad – I don’t want to be another page in your diary

Perhaps if I held you I could win again
I could take your hands we’d talk and maybe then –
That look in your eyes I always recognise
Would tell me everything is gonna be fine
You’re gonna be mine … for a long time…

[chorus]

For the times we’ve had I don’t want to be – a page in your diary babe
For the good, the bad I don’t want to see – a page in your diary babe
For the happy, the sad – I don’t want to be another page in your history

[credit: Moyet]

Note: The first song on Yazoo’s second album sets the tone in melancholy lyrics, with its description of loss (presumably but not necessarily lost love). There is faint hope that the loss may be regained, but also the recognition that it always was an illusion. It’s the third verse that sketches these complex feelings, whereas the first two convey speechlessness and disbelief respectively. The twist in the final chorus, where ‘history’ replaces ‘diary’ shuts the door on any hope.

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