Twilight steals across the meadows,
Lightning the stars one by one
With her velvet-violet hands.
Like amber candles lit for the dead,
The stardust glitters in the heavens.
Always watching, but never seeing:
Unconcerned with fleeting human sorrows.
I know you're out there somewhere,
Looking up at the same sky.
I can almost see you,
The gentle starlight on your face;
The sadness in your eyes.
And I wonder if you still remember
When we watched the twilight cover the earth
Like a veil of midnight blue.
Have you forgotten?
Still don't know why I sigh
Over what I cannot change.
The pain will never truly heal,
So why do I try to forget?
We were star-crossed lovers from the very beginning;
Love like ours was just too beautiful,
Too ethereal to last.
Time went on and took you with it;
And I suppose--
I suppose it's better that way.
And yet--
If I could wish upon a star tonight--
Then I would wish to have you here
In my arms again.
And we would watch as twilight softly crept
Across the purple skies,
And hid her face in a crown of stars.
But the magic I once believed in
Has faded away with the twilight;
And you are lost to me forever.
All that remains is to go with the last light,
And pass away into darkness,
Where the tears can softly fall
And fade at last
Into silence.
