Midnight Sun
Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday Lyrics

Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice
Your lips were beautiful, red, and shiny like a precious chalice.

Warmer than the summer night
Your lips were warmer than a summer night, which made me feel good.

The clouds were like an alabaster palace
The clouds appeared like a huge, beautiful palace made of alabaster, shining white, and glittering.

Rising to a snowy height
The clouds grew higher and higher, looking like they were reaching snow-capped peaks.

Each star it's own aurora borealis
Every star looked like they had their own beautiful, natural, light show similar to an aurora borealis.

Suddenly you held me tight
You wrapped your arms around me suddenly and tightly which made me feel loved and safe.

I could see the midnight sun
It felt as though it was so bright outside that it was still day-even at midnight, and everything was so beautiful that it seemed surreal.

I can't explain the silver rain that found me
I am not sure how to express the feeling of the silver rain that poured down upon me.

Or was that a moonlight veil?
Or, could it have been a beautiful shroud of moonlight covering and embracing me?

The music of the universe around me
The night seemed to be alive, and the sounds of nature with its rhythmic and sweet tunes of the universe surrounded me.

Or was that a nightingale?
Or, was that the beautiful singing of a pleasant nightingale?

And then your arms miraculously found me
Suddenly, your arms gently embraced me in a miraculous way that still amazes me.

Suddenly the sky turned pale
The world around me seemed to fade away as love embraced me so tightly that I lost myself in your arms.

I could see the midnight sun
Even as the sky went soft and pale, the night was still visibly bright like it was noonday outside even though it was midnight.

Was there such a night
I still wonder if there ever was such an evening, where everything was so perfect that everything else pales in comparison?

It's a thrill I still don't quite believe
The memories of that night are still so surreal that I can't believe that you and I spent such a perfect moment together.

But after you were gone
Even after you were no longer within my reach.

There was still some stardust on my sleeve
I still held such a precious memory to my heart, something special and unique like the stardust sprinkled on my sleeve.

The flame of it may dwindle to an ember
The sentiment of that moment may fade and diminish with time, just like a flame eventually dwindles down to an ember.

And the stars forget to shine
Everything else in this world may seem to lose its luster or importance, just like how the stars sometimes lose their brightness.

And we may see the meadow in December, icy white and crystalline
We may live to see the charm of the meadows in December, blanketed with crystal-white snow and shining like jewels.

But, oh my darling, always I'll remember
But my beloved, throughout everything, I will always treasure my memories of you.

When your lips were close to mine
I will never forget the nights where your lips were close to mine, and everything felt like magic.

And we saw the midnight sun
Until the end of time, the memory of that perfect and beautiful evening will always live on, and I will always see the midnight sun.