Like It Always Was (string version)

I saw a shimmering white light

And for a second I was so close

I thought that I could feel you

It felt like coming home

A closet filled with memories

With a scent of dust and old

A faded sweater and an empty bottle

a label white with gold

So hold your head up high again

And take a bow

Feel the applause

Let the stage be filled with light

Do it one more time

Just like it always was

Just like it always was

Forgotten words and melodies

Of songs I used to know

Splintered in my memory

Not meant for letting go

I saw you when I closed my eyes

You were dancin' in my dream

Your hair was different, your clothes were wrong

You were singing just for me.

So hold your head up high again

And take a bow

Feel the applause

Let the stage be filled with light

Do it one more time

Just like it always was

Just like it always was