walked through the chestnut alley of my childhood days
like on a railway track yet again I'd found my way
towards the frightful place of my childhood fears,
childhood nightmares, horrors, childhood tears
though once a year when the chestnuts bloomed
my life for once did not seem doomed
and I felt so light and I felt so free
cause I knew they only bloomed for me
here the big neighbour boys used to torture me
here stood the house where I never liked to be
where at night I heard the daemons sneer
and horrid nightmare creatures nursed my fears
yet once a year when the chestnuts bloomed
my life for once did not seem doomed
and I felt so light and I felt so free
cause I knew they only bloomed for me
just once a year the chestnuts only bloom for me
I feel the warmth of the sun and seem to smell the sea
and I feel at home like I rarely ever feel
the horrid past - today it feels unreal
just once a year when the chestnuts bloom
my life for once does not seem doomed
and I feel so light and I feel so free
cause I know they only bloom for me
