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 harbor

I have brought my gifts to barter

For a drifter's bed and board

Bright star

I have drunk the wine of ages

In the company of strangers

We have sung in tongues of angels

And then stumbled on the pavement

And I understood my place then

And my purpose 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 have launched a thousand longings

And I don't know who you are

Bright star

You have 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 have flown beside you

I would not have had the sight of you

To guide me through the world so wide and bright