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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 have sailed in all directions Have 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 have 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 SongtexteBright star I am 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 Aus Songtexte Mania