(Verse 1)
The cherry blossoms fell like late spring snow
We were young hearts with nowhere else to go
On the vast concrete square beneath the paling blue
Whispers of change were rustling through
(Verse 2)
The speakers crackled with a hopeful sound
From some smuggled tape that someone found
Your hand was trembling as you reached for mine
That electric moment frozen in time
(Chorus)
We danced like flames in the cooling night
Defying shadows with our fleeting light
A heatwave on the square, a pulse beneath our feet
To rhythms that made our frightened hearts beat
We were just kids caught in history's page
Dancing our defiance on that stage
(Verse 3)
The scent of rain hung in the warming air
In your eyes was a mixture of hope and fear
We spun like tops as the music swelled
In that brief paradise our futures held
(Bridge)
They said it was just a summer's dream
Fading like sunlight on a stream
But I still feel that rhythm in my bones
When I walk these streets of polished stones
Thirty-seven Junes have come and gone
But that brief dance before the dawn...
(Chorus)
We danced like flames in the cooling night
Defying shadows with our fleeting light
A heatwave on the square, a pulse beneath our feet
To rhythms that made our frightened hearts beat
We were just kids caught in history's page
Dancing our defiance on that stage
(Outro)
Sometimes in twilight, when the square is still
I feel the echo of our will
A ghost of warmth in the gathering dark
A spark that left its permanent mark
And though the world has changed its face
Nothing can erase that trace...
(Final whisper)
Of our heatwave
Our brief, brave heatwave
On the square...
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