Lament

Everything is far and long gone by
I think that the star glittering above me
Has been dead for a million years
I think there were tears in the car I heard pass
And something terrible was said
A clock has stopped striking in the house across the road
When did it start?
I would like to step out of my heart
And go walking beneath the enormous sky
I would like to pray
And surely of all the stars that vanished long ago
One still exists
I think that I know which one it is
Which one at the end of its beam in the sky
Stands like a black city
Oh, when did it start?
I would like to step out of my heart
And go walking beneath the enormous sky
I would like to pray
And surely of all the stars that vanished long ago
One still exists
I think that I know which one it is
Which one at the end of its beam in the sky
Stands like a black city