Schönes aus unserer Kindheit

Do you remember?Chalk hearts melting on a playground wallDo you remember?Dawn escapes from moon washed college hallsDo you remember?The cherry blossom in the market squareDo you remember?I thought it was confetti in our hairBy the way, didn’t I break your heart?Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heartSo sorry, I never meant to break your heartBut you broke mineKayleigh, is it too late to say I’m sorry?And, Kayleigh, could we get it together again?I just can’t go on pretendingThat it came to a natural endKayleigh, oh I never thought I’d miss youAnd, Kayleigh, I thought that we’d always be friendsWe said our love would last foreverSo how did it come to this bitter end?Do you remember?Barefoot on the lawn with shooting starsDo you remember?The loving on the floor in Belsize ParkDo you remember?Dancing in stilettoes in the snowDo you remember?You never understood I had to goBy the way, didn’t I break your heart?Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heartSo sorry, I never meant to break your heartBut you broke mineKayleigh, I just want to say I’m sorryBut, Kayleigh, I’m too scared to pick up the phoneTo hear you’ve found another loverTo patch up our broken homeKayleigh, I’m still trying to write that love songKayleigh, it’s more important to me, now you’re goneMaybe it will prove that we were right

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Kayleigh ist eine Rockballade der britischen Rockband Marillion aus dem Jahr 1985. Der Song erreichte Platz zwei der britischen Charts.

Das Stück wurde in den Hansa-Tonstudios in Berlin von März bis Mai 1985 aufgenommen. Der Sänger Fish sagte über Kayleigh, es sei eine Art gewesen, Entschuldigung zu sagen:

‘Kayleigh’ was a way of saying sorry. I had a lot of relationships that basically I’d wrecked because I was obsessed with the career and where I wanted to go. I was very, very selfish and I just wanted to be the famous singer but I was starting to become aware of the sacrifices that I was making, and I think that Kay was one of those sacrifices.– Fish

Der Song handele nicht nur von einer Person, sondern von drei oder vier verschiedenen Menschen:

‘Kayleigh’ was not just about one person; it was about three or four different people. The ‘stilettos in the snow’ was something that happened in Galashiels, when I can remember we were both really drunk and, you know, dancing under a street light, and ‘dawn escapes from moonwashed college halls’ was part of the Cambridge thing.

Anschließend sei ein großer Druck entstanden, da die Leute Kayleigh, Part II gewollt hätten. Das Video wurde ebenfalls in West-Berlin produziert und zeigt u. a. das Schloss Charlottenburg, die Spree mit der historischen Kaianlage am Kreuzberger Groebenufer sowie die Berliner Mauer und den Sektorenübergang Heinrich-Heine-Straße. Im Video spielt Tamara Nowy mit, die zur damaligen Zeit in einem Berliner Nachtclub arbeitete. 1987 heiratete Fish Tamara, die Ehe wurde 2001 geschieden. Ihre gemeinsame Tochter ist Tara Rowena.