copernicus - Candlemass

Yes, nine by nine they die, just like you and me These peerless eyes look down, giving us our choices

Each one calls out, a universe of voices

These are the ancient fathers, the laws that bind us all

White jewels of mystery, mirrors for our souls

They spoke of life and death, love and history

Today the stars are for fools and vanity

And there’s Orion and there’s the Zodiac

If you look close, they’re needles in a stack

And you saw, in your telescope on earth

Copernicus, the order of the worlds

Evening caress

Always yearning

I must confess

The stars aren’t burning

Copernicus

The sky is full of shining crosses for our sins

Each one a monument for what ends and what begins

Small emerald satellites, orbiting so fast

Will they be gone tomorrow, just like painted glass?

If I had wishes, I would shout to you and scream

But now I realize, you’re like young dying streams

I’m in the real world, with people, crises and scars

Copernicus, I don’t care about your stars

Evening caress

Always yearning

I must confess

The stars aren’t burning

Copernicus