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Introduction:
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Suddenly before my eyes hues of indigo arise,
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with them how my spirit sighs, paint the sky with stars.
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Only night will ever know why the heavens never show,
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all the dreams there are to know, paint the sky with stars.
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Who has paced the midnight sky? So a spirit has to fly.
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As the heavens seem so far, now who will paint the midnight star?
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Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they cannot keep,
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I have legends in the deep, paint the sky with stars.
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Who has paced the midnight sky? So a spirit has to fly.
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As the heavens seem so far, now who will paint the midnight star?
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Place a name upon the night, one to set your heart alight,
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and to make the darkness bright, paint the sky with stars.