Strelizia - Before Sunrise (Everything You Know is Stardust)

Young 20 somethings, Filled with sweet nothings. "I wish I'd met you earlier, I really like talking to you." The fighting couple in the train, "We're all each other’s demons and angels." Let's never become like them, Only one night together. "No delusions or projections" Just a night in Vienna. "Environments are stronger than the people." They thought it could be simple. Not enough money for a hotel, Together for a few hours. Old town walk with a view, Music in the listening booth. Shy glances, For split seconds their eyes met. Timid in streetcars, Discussing life, love and the universe. [Pre-Chorus] Beautiful blue eyes, soft pink lips. Ferris wheel view of the river, First kiss at dusk. [Chorus] "Sweetcakes and milkshakes" How to avoid heartache? "Botticelli angel" One night isn’t enough. "Everything we know is stardust! So don't forget you are stardust!" "At best, we’re like these tiny fractions of people." "I know happy couples, but I think they lie to each other." Dance to the harpsichord, "Let me take your picture." "Isn’t everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?" By a fountain laying on his lap, "The years shall run like rabbits." "I think I can really fall in love when I know everything about someone." "If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something." "Who wants their life to be for no one and nothing." "We could say goodbye now then we wouldn't have to worry about it in the morning." [Pre-Chorus] Stolen glasses, bartered wine, Affection on borrowed time. "It must be like I'm in your dream and you’re in mine" [Chorus] "Sweetcakes and milkshakes" How to avoid heartache? "Botticelli angel" One night isn’t enough. "Everything we know is stardust! So don't forget you are stardust!" Ripples of ordinary moments, By fate or by chance? Hundreds of small choices, Turn out life altering. What if she wasn’t coming from Budapest yet? What if she wasn’t scared to get on a plane, Would they have even met? Will they meet again? "I like to feel his eyes on me when I look away" "Are you crazy? Probably" "The long distance thing never works." "Are you gonna see him again? We haven’t talked about that yet." "She’s smart, passionate and beautiful, I was so unsure of myself." "Listen if somebody gave me the choice right now to never see you again or to marry you, I would marry you." "Have a great life, I hate this," We'll meet in December. 6 months from now, 6 o’clock on the sixteenth, A train for you, A plane for me, "Bye, goodbye, Au revoir, later." Stuttering before they go, What lay ahead they couldn’t know. [Pre-Chorus] Tipsy in the grass, "You know what I want? To be kissed." [Chorus] "Sweetcakes and milkshakes" How to avoid heartache? "Botticelli angel" One night isn’t enough. "Everything we know is stardust! So don't forget you are stardust!" ✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴✴ This song is mostly compiled of quotes from the movie Before Sunrise (1995) and those quotes are shown in quotation marks. Some are slightly paraphrased for the best result, and the scenes and inspiration for this type of "found poem" are all taken directly from the movie. The quotes and scenes are not in the true order of the plot sequences. I wanted to make this sort of quote-collage into song version as a reminder of one of my favorite movies about finding love.