The Telescope

Look into my telescope, tell me what you see

I see a red star

Antares, a red hypergiant star
Forty-nine hundred lightyears away
And a billion times larger than our Sun

I see fire in the darkness
Rage against the void
I see every time Man cried out
And raised his sword against God

That's good, that's good
Now look into my telescope, tell me what you see

I see a blue star

Also known as Argelander's star
A class G-8 subdwarf
Member of the galactic halo

I see mothers weeping in chairs
Clutching their shawls in the morning

Everything is lost, all is gone

And she tries to find the joy in life
But she is wasting away

I love the way you see the world
I love the way your soul sings
I wish that I could sing like you
I wish that I could feel things

Never take the stars away from me

That's good, that's good, that's real good
Now just one more time
Look into my telescope, tell me what you see

I see
I see two stars

Yes, Sigma Orionis AB
A binary star
Two stars, lost in time

Two women in the forest in the evening in a light rain
The older has no expression on her face
The younger hangs her head down
The younger is in love, was in love, is in love, was in love
But the lover is in love with the older not the younger
But the lover is in love with the older not the younger

I love the way you see the world
I love the way your soul sings
I wish that I could sing like you
I wish that I could feel things

Never take the stars away from me