Still Feels Strange [1979] - Peter Pepper

(from the 1979 album 'Love Songs about Heartbreak)

Lyrics:

Strange just being in the same places
Not seeing the same faces
Changes, we’ll embrace them when we no longer can
Men still yearning to own some land
Waves still washing away the sand
And your footprints disappeared
Now I can’t steer
My steps ain’t clear
Possessed by the memories I have left
Still feels strange
Feeling you’re there, but you ain’t
No complaints
Job’s never done
Love is still one
Warm hearts still run
You marched to the beat of your own drum
Flew too close to the Sun
Father time came and got you early
You still had one hell of a journey
Went out with a bang instead of fading away
Still remember when I felt small next to your frame
Bigger than life, still long for those days
Blood still runs through the veins
And it still feels strange

Memories, all those memories
The last thing a man ever sees
and they still ain’t real
Wounds will heal
Life still deals her random cards
Players playing their part
Time still has us falling apart
True feelings still leading to broken hearts
It costs us
The motive why I miss you more just
as well as the reason why I’m remorseless
I know it was real when it rains
When it rains
Still feels strange
You’re still the best friend I ever had
I’d still take the good with the bad
Guess I never knew that
you didn’t know what to do
I know it now because I don’t know it too
Strange as it may seem
I constantly daydream
And days are still nightmares
Nowadays I don’t care
Hell of a thang
And it still feels strange

Birds on the wire, still chirping
Watch that you gave me, still working
Closed curtains, show still goes on
Been so long
Still feels strange
Everything and nothing, have changed
I still keep you near me
And I still see it clearly
but can’t touch our endless beginning
Time stood still while the earth was still spinning
Words wasted, have the same meaning
I’m still singing
No constraints
Still feels strange
Things left to be said, worthless
Still serve no purpose
But unspoken declarations still get me nervous
Still got your number memorized
Why?
Random things to say, nobody on the other side of that line
Why?
Planes still fly
The blues will still make you cry
Still feels strange
That you ain’t
That you ain’t here no more
Never told you so
but you still know that you’re my hero
So til this day I still fear no thoughts of regret or shame
And it still feels strange
Still feels strange