Forever Autumn

OK, so I'm in Keele, visiting a friend. It's a nice place, kinda out of the way and known only as "that service station on the M6." Maybe that's a good thing, and maybe it isn't. It feels like the sort of place you go to lose yourself. Not necessarily somewhere to rebuild, but a place where you can just be; without all the daily struggles and the ups and downs life brings us. It's a place you go to find peace.

I've been walking in the woods with my friend, and it really felt like we were in another world, on a carpet of fallen leaves. It reminded me of a song, from the musical version of War of the Worlds, of all things, so here it is:

Forever Autumn:

The summer sun is fading as the year grows old,
And darker days are drawing near,
The winter winds will be much colder,
Now you're not here.

I watch the birds fly south across the autumn sky
And one by one they disappear,
I wish that I was flying with them
Now you're not here.

Like the sun through the trees you came to love me
Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away...

Through autumn's golden gown we used to kick our way,
You always loved this time of year
Those fallen leaves lie undisturbed now
'Cause you're not here...

Like the sun through the trees you came to love me,
Like a leaf on the breeze you blew away...

A gentle rain falls softly on my weary eyes
As if to hide a lonely tear
My life will be forever autumn,
'Cause you're not here...