Bright Star

Bright star When I first laid eyes upon you I was filled with such a longing To be with you in the dark Bright star Since I could not fly beside you I would chart my own course by you And I'd sail it by your light Bright star I've sailed in all directions I've followed your reflection To the farthest foreign shore Bright star, bright star I have anchored in the harbors I have brought my gifts to barter For a drifter's bed and board bright star I've drunk the wine of ages In the company of strangers We have sung in tongues of angels And then stumbled on the pavemеnt And I understood my place then And my purposе in relation To the young and ancient night Bright star I'm home now from my roaming I'm alone now in the gloaming With the ships out in the yard Bright star There's a thought upon me dawning You've launched a thousand longings And I don't know who you are Bright star You've never been my vessel Or the wind my sails have wrestled Or the lands to which I traveled Or the friends with whom I reveled There are lengths to which you'll never know I went To be your lover And beloved in your sight Bright star When I first laid eyes upon you I was filled with such a longing To be with you in the dark Bright star If I could've flown beside you I would not have had the sight of you To guide me through the world so wide And bright