Dave Malloy - The Telescope lyrics

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Dave Malloy - The Telescope lyrics

[BRITTAIN] Side 2, Track 6. “The Telescope.” [DAVE (Astronomer)] LOOK INTO MY TELESCOPE TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE [BRITTAIN (Rose Red)] I SEE A RED STAR [DAVE] ANTARES A RED HYPERGIANT STAR 4900 LIGHT YEARS AWAY AND A BILLION TIMES LARGER THAN OUR SUN [BRITTAIN] I SEE FIRE IN THE DARKNESS RAGE AGAINST THE VOID I SEE EVERYTIME MAN CRIED OUT AND RAISED HIS SWORD AGAINST GOD [DAVE] THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD NOW LOOK INTO MY TELESCOPE TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE [BRITTAIN] I SEE A BLUE STAR [DAVE] GROOMBRIDGE 1830 ALSO KNOWN AS ARGELANDER'S STAR A CLASS G8 SUBDWARF MEMBER OF THE GALACTIC HALO [BRITTAIN] I SEE MOTHERS WEEPING IN CHAIRS CLUTCHING THEIR SHAWLS IN THE MORNING [BRITTAIN & GELSEY] EVERYTHING IS LOST ALL IS GONE [BRITTAIN] AND SHE TRIES TO FIND THE JOY IN LIFE BUT SHE IS WASTING AWAY [DAVE & BRITTAIN] 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 [BRITTAIN] NEVER TAKE THE STARS AWAY FROM ME [DAVE] LOOK INTO MY TELESCOPE TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE [BRITTAIN] I SEE I SEE TWO STARS [DAVE] YES SIGMA ORIONIS AB A BINARY STAR TWO STARS LOST IN TIME [BRITTAIN & GELSEY] 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 [DAVE & BRITTAIN] BUT THE LOVER IS IN LOVE WITH THE OLDER NOT THE YOUNGER BUT THE LOVER IS IN LOVE WITH THE OLDER NOT THE YOUNGER [DAVE & GELSEY] 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 [GELSEY] NEVER TAKE THE STARS AWAY FROM ME