Lyrics

Riding my bike

    in the cold November night

Heading for that certain town

    though not to visit you

No, I’m just passing through

    on a long and lonely ride

With time for memories

    and sad thoughts like I often do

 

The feet are cold

    but the mind is very bold

Recalling that night

    five years ago

When I followed you

    to your house

And then drove back home

    on the same bike

With frozen toes but warm delight

That’s what love could make me do

Before I turned cold on you again

 

While the light of your love is glowing still

from the light of your house

That blends with the light from your town

Which then again shines like a golden gleam ahead of me

On this clear cold and quiet November night

 

Gently guiding my way

    on the dark and lonely road

The mysterious moon so far away

    yet very clear in sight

Still commanding all the water on Earth

    (and in us) with magnetic sway

I could take it as a sign for my strong urge

    to ride on to your house

 

But dare not to do anything anymore

    I’ve made mistakes so often before

I’ve been an elephant in a glasshouse

    but now moves like a mouse

Your love was so steady and strong

    and if not, you concealed it well

I’m happy to have felt the grace so long

but sad I left it in the haze (silenced the bell)

 

But the light of your love is glowing still

from the light of your house

That blends with the light from your town

Which then again shines like a golden gleam ahead of me

On this clear cold and quiet November night

 

And the light of that love is glowing still

from the light of your house

To blend with the light from your town

Which then again shines like a golden gleam in the sky

On a quiet, clear and cold November night

Story

When starting on the words for this song I just wrote a stream of consciousness for the purpose of getting the story down all in one. I was convinced they had to be re-written to fit the music but when trying to sing them I realized they worked well as they were. Later I have been wanting to make changes here and there (as always with everything) but this is what I recorded. The arrangement of the music however has been adjusted several times, but again, that can be said of most of my songs.