You came down like a meteor and stole my heart one frightful night Burned for but a second and then turned black A precious rock I can't set back I watched you fall and still in thrall All in all what you had caused Crumbling embers in the hall And you never explained why
Your hair of gold, your skin so fair Your eyes and lips beyond compare A dress of braided gold you wear Jewels and flowers here and there Like stars stuck in the night's clear sky As far apart as you and I Up above the world so high
I catch your whispers now and then And fold them into words again Read between the lines just what you are The son of many alms and ours That meteoric flaming sky Imprinted deep in my mind's eye Grows weaker as the years go by I could never explain, but I already knew why
Your hair of gold, your skin so fair Your eyes and lips beyond compare A dress of braided gold you wear Jewels and flowers here and there Like stars stuck in the night's clear sky As far apart as you and I Up above the world so high