The World Spins Madly On

Woke up and wished that I was dead

With an aching in my head

I lay motionless in bed

I thought of you and where you'd gone

and let the world spin madly on

It was an early summer morning. Minerva woke up and realized again the painful reality. Her best friend was gone. All students had left school three days ago and so had most of the teachers. Only she had nowhere to go. No one waited for her. The only person who had really understood her was gone.

Minerva knew that all the students were happily at home chatting with their families. Everybody was getting on. For none of those people had the world stopped because of his death, but it seemed, it had for her.

Everything that I said I'd do

Like make the world brand new

And take the time for you

I just got lost and slept right through the dawn

And the world spins madly on

Lately she had no time to talk to him. Minerva was working all the time. She had thought that soon summer will come and then they will have enough time to spend with each other. He always told her not to work so hard, but she just could not do something carelessly. Besides she was so happy being able to work after what had happened the year before. There were few people at that time who had thought she would survive the stunning spells. But she did in spite of everybody. And now Minerva enjoyed being able to work. But summer was the time when she was not working; they traveled together, planned the next school year, played chess and had long conversations. He had been and still was her best friend. Everybody else thought she was cold and had no feelings. Only he knew she was soft on the inside and just was not able to express her feelings. He had understood her.

I let the day go by

I always say goodbye

I watch the stars from my window sill

The whole world is moving and I'm standing still

She loved her job, but now because of that she had lost her friend. Well perhaps not because of that, but because of her duty, she hadn't even said goodbye to him. She knew he understood, but still Minerva had an odd feeling that if she had talked to him before he left school that horrible evening, nothing bad would have happened.

But now it was too late to regret. He had taught her that there is no use in regretting something. She knew that from one of those stars outside her window he was looking at her and smiling.

Woke up and wished that I was dead

With an aching in my head

I lay motionless in bed

The night is here and the day is gone

And the world spins madly on

It was evening and Minerva was still in her bed. The time of tears had past. There was just this horrible feeling that there was nothing she could do. She was alone, without her best friend Albus. But world was moving on and she had to move on as well.

I thought of you and where you'd gone

And the world spins madly on.