Constance Wolter - Memory Formation

I've never told you about the white mill
At the place, we went to school
Wild strawberry flavors
and rape-oil fields of yellow and green

The world was still flat and made of stone
You could walk on a disk with blood and broken bones
We needed a life, we needed a dream
We sacrificed so many things, so many times
as a woman or as a man
as a woman or as a man

Eternity, talk about fate
Eternity, talk about the journey we might have made
into the past, into the dark

Some birds of passage lifted me up
into the sky
They flew me over new cities and towns
I paid with my wedding ring
to drop me down into a sea
That sparked with diamonds and gold
with diamonds and gold, diamonds and gold

Eternity, talk about fate
Eternity, talk about the journey we might have made
into the past, into the dark
21st Century deja vu*
The journey I might have made with you
into the past, into the dark

For the first time, I fell in love
Your face made me mad
I reached out my hands to hold you
to hold you back
Your tongue was too sharp
And you swam too fast
But I could keep a coil of your hair
a coil of your hair

I've never told you about the white mill,
in the garden with the strawberry fields
I still keep a coil of your hair
and my tears and my tears

*Deja vu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_vu Déjà vu /ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈv(j)uː/, French: [deʒa vy] "already seen" is the feeling that one has lived through the present situation before.[3][4][5][6] Although some interpret déjà vu in a paranormal context,[7] mainstream scientific approaches reject the explanation of déjà vu as "precognition" or "prophecy".[3][4][5][6] It is an anomaly of memory in which, despite a strong sense of recollection, the time, place, and practical context of the "previous" experience are uncertain or believed to be impossible.[8][9][10] Two types of déjà vu are recognized: the pathological déjà vu usually associated with epilepsy or that which, when unusually prolonged or frequent, or associated with other symptoms such as hallucinations, may be an indicator of neurological or psychiatric illness,[11] and the non-pathological type characteristic of healthy people, about two-thirds of whom have had déjà vu experiences.[12][13][14][15][16] People who travel often or frequently watch films are more likely to experience déjà vu than others.[17] Furthermore, people also tend to experience déjà vu more in fragile conditions or under high pressure, and research shows that the experience of déjà vu also decreases with age.[18