With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
And how you tried to set them free
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
They would not listen, they're not listening still
And how you tried to set them free
Perhaps they'll listen now
Portraits hung in empty halls
You took your life as lovers often do
They would not listen, they did not know how
Weathered faces lined in pain
Like the strangers that you've met
Now, I understand, what you tried to say to me
Starry, starry night
For they could not love you
Now, I understand, what you tried to say to me
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
As beautiful as you
Look out on a summer's day
In colors on the snowy linen land
But I could have told you, Vincent
On that starry, starry night
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Shadows on the hills
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
The silver thorn of bloody rose
And when no hope was left inside
Now, I think I know what you tried to say to me
The ragged men in ragged clothes
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Colors changing hue
This world was never meant for one
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
But still your love was true
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you suffered for your sanity
Frame less heads on nameless walls
Starry, starry night
Perhaps they'll listen now
They would not listen, they did not know how
Morning fields of amber grain
