
Between Two Worlds
Song by @germancowboy ·
Genre: Jazz
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Las Vegas Crooners: Between Two Worlds
Tags
- country ballad
- heartbreaking
- star-crossed romance
- storytelling
- melancholic
- soulful
- cross-class love
Lyrics: Between Two Worlds
Two hearts… same dream… But not the same world… She walks in silk where the chandeliers glow, Diamonds whisper things I’ll never know, I stand outside where the streetlights fade, Just a shadow in the plans they made. She laughs like champagne in crystal air, I hold my breath when she’s standing there, One stolen glance, one quiet spark— A match that flickers in the dark. But the doors close tight when I get near, And love don’t live where there’s too much fear… We’re dancing between two worlds tonight, Yours dressed in gold, mine dressed in white, Hearts in rhythm, but worlds apart— A velvet rope around my heart. Oh darling, we could have been true… But heaven don’t mix our point of view… Her name’s in lights on a silver sign, Mine’s just written in borrowed time, She belongs where the fine wine flows— I’m just a man that nobody knows. We talked one night when the band played low, Like two lost souls in a quiet glow, She said “If life were a different game…” I said “We wouldn’t be the same…” A dream too big for the lines we’re in, A love too bold for the world we’re in… We’re dancing between two worlds tonight, Yours dressed in gold, mine dressed in white, Hands so close, but they never meet— Different roads on the same heartbeat. Oh darling, we could have been true… But heaven drew a line through you… If I had riches… I’d buy the night… If you had freedom… you’d hold me tight… But dreams don’t change what’s carved in stone— And love like ours stands all alone… We’re dancing between two worlds again, Where love begins… but never wins… Eyes say yes, but fate says no— And that’s the cruelest truth I know… Oh darling… we almost knew… A love the world would never let come true… Two hearts… One dream… Two worlds…
About this song
This emotional, narrative-driven country ballad centers on a forbidden unfulfilled romance between two people from vastly different social worlds, kept apart by rigid class divides and fate even as they share a core connection and shared dream.
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I adore this the music genre is perfect love that era
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