Lyrics: Nobody’s diary

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] Perhaps if I held you I could win again [chorus] For the times we’ve had I don’t want to be – a page in your diary babe [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. |