Copernicus

Our names are written on the stars on heaven's tree 
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

Our names are written on the stars on heaven's tree 
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