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1. Right, right – it was a pure Hollywood ending.
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2. I mean, our last day together.
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| The final scene. In the rain, no less. |
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| And her telling me with tears in her eyes that I was living in this fantasy world |
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| And her telling me with tears in her eyes that I was living in this fantasy world. |
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Right? Now, you have to picture this: |
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1. the rain, the two of us standing together on the sidewalk, |
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| not moving, just looking at each other, in close-up, |
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the camera cutting back and forth between our faces. |
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And then she said goodbye, and turned, and walked away. |
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I could feel the camera pulling back for a long shot… |
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and I felt her about to become a memory |
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and I remembered watching her walking with her friends, |
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it was like a slow-motion flashback, |
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you know, in the rain, or singing, |
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the wind blowing her hair… |
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and I ran after her and I held her shoulders and… |
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I turned her around and I said to her: |
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the very first time I saw you, |
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you were walking in the rain, |
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I saw you from a window in the library, |
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and you were soaked and you looked so helpless, |
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the leaves were all over you, |
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and even though I didn’t know who you were, |
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I wanted to take off my coat and put it around you, |
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which you would never have let me do, |
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but I thought at that moment… |
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that it would have been possible not to be afraid of anything… |
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if only I could place my coat around someone I loved… |
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and pretend that I could protect her… |
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I just wanted to tell you that… |
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