We were both just kids, in such an old world
Carving deep secrets into the wet ground
I then gave you a keepsake – a white string bracelet
When everything was much simpler, even love
And we knew how to give, without the desire to take
We sat there silently for hours, facing the blurry horizon
You'd reach out and pluck off the fear
Back then there were no devices to replace our hugs
My old love,
How could I've let you go?
Hunched memories appear by the door again
The smell of orchards can only come in boxes now
My old love,
How could I've let you go?
How time can just dismantle it all, and only I remain
And suddenly every song becomes an unexplained longing
On Saturdays in the heat of August, we ran to the beach
All the salt in the world couldn't sting like your tear
And we knew it was only us against them all
Inside a hot sleeping-bag, I melted into you
My old love...