Morning
Sara Lazarus Lyrics

The lyrics to “Morning”, by Sara Lazarus, fill the listener with a powerful sense of nostalgia and lost love. The opening lines refer to a morning that “brings the day so gently” and “bathes the leaves of memories I felt so long ago”. This day is a metaphor for a period in the past that was characterized by tenderness and warmth, and that the singer longs for. From there, she describes how she recalls someone from that period – someone she would share her love with – during the “early hours” of the morning. She dreams of being able to rekindle this relationship, for it is something that she “lost long ago”.

The song continues to muse on the nature of love, and how it can be so easily lost. The “crassness of youth” is mentioned, a reminder of times where the singer rushed into things and didn’t appreciate the depth of her feelings. But now, listening to these gentle melodies, she realizes that those times were characterized by “only half of the truth”; a subtle indication that youth and inexperience don’t last forever, and that the singer has matured. She wonders what could have been different had she understood then how much she truly cared for her loved one. The refrain repeats the phrase “We lost love long ago”, as though it is a regretful prayer.

The song has an almost wistful quality to its melody, with the trumpet and piano creating a slow and jazzy tune that adds to the sense of longing. The use of imagery in the lyrics is also significant, likely intended to help the listener connect with their own past memories of love and loss. The phrase “bathes the leaves of memories” is a particularly evocative one, conjuring up images of autumn leaves being slowly but steadily washed clean by the gentle morning dew. Ultimately, the lyrics to “Morning” are an exploration of what could have been, and a reminder of how it is possible to lose that which we hold most dear.