Never Have Been So Close

Is the break of dawn delayed?

Or is it just me?

I can hear the sweet melody

That is not being played

My love is in his house

And I, in mine

But never have we been so near

My mother seats me before the vanity

She brings out beauty products,

Sprinkles her pixie dust on me.

I know she will leave in a minute

To clear her eyes of tears;

My love is with friends and I, with mine

But never have we been so near

My father helps me into the car

We are on our way to the chapel

My love is already there

(I can feel the joyous anxiety

Flowing with the blood in his veins)

But never have we been so near.

The music plays in the silent air

And the guests rise as I arrive;

I clutch my father's arm

Like the very first time.

With a dazed smile upon his lips,

My love is ten feet away

But never have we been so near.

Our fingers entwine and we recite

The vows that come to our mind

From the depth of a fragile fountain;

My ring is on your finger, love

And yours, on mine

In your arms, I stand and you look

Into my eyes, into my very soul;

We seal our promises with a kiss-

Oh! Never have we been so close.