(A/N): Well, let me just say that this is either a very popular song to have for a Spirited Away songfic, or I'm the only one who ever had a deja vu moment when listening to them sing it on Broadway.
The end.
By the way... I really hate this editor thing, because it compresses all the spaces... let's try this...
Okay, adding non-breaking spaces between them didn't work, so, I put periods between the 'paragraphs'. Sorry if that's confusing. It was the only way it would work.
SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
She ran over the hills and was gone.
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
He was still watching, hoping selfishly for her to come back...
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
They couldn't be together. From the first moment he had ever seen her, from the first time he had loved her, he knew it was impossible.
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
She was the one he could never truly know...
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The time they had was never enough.
.
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
There wasn't enough time to love her.
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
He was just the breeze that comforted her, the rain that cried for her.
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
But she couldn't see him. Not anymore...
.
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Three days. He had three days to truly get to know her.
Then when shes gone theres that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
And then he had to watch as she left.
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
(slipping through my fingers all the time)
I wanted to be with her forever...
Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
And why I just dont know
The time we had was fun, but not nearly enough.
.
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The time they had was never enough.
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
There wasn't enough time to love her.
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
He was just the breeze that comforted her, the rain that cried for her.
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
But she couldn't see him. Not anymore...
.
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers...
Sometimes he wished he didn't have to see her go.
.
Slipping through my fingers all the time
.
Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile...
Someday, she would die. But he would live forever.
He'd be an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone...
(A/N): I love references! I love them!
It's right at the end there, for those who are Inception fans :)
By the way, I guess I should put this here: the song is Slipping Through My Fingers by ABBA.