NOFX - Vincent Lyrics
Starry, starry nightPaint your palette blue and grayLook out on a summers dayWith eyes that know the darkness in my soul...Shadows on the hillsSketch the trees and the daffodilsCatch the breeze and the winter chillsIn colors on the snowy linen land.Now I understandWhat you tried to say, to meAnd how you suffered for your sanityAnd how you tried to set them free:They would not listen; they did not know how --Perhaps theyll listen now.Starry, starry nightPortraits hung in empty hallsFrameless heads on nameless wallsWith eyes that watch the world and cant forgetLike the strangers that youve metThe ragged men in ragged clothesThe silver thorn, a bloody roseLie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.Now I think I knowWhat you tried to say, to meAnd how you suffered for your sanityAnd how you tried to set them free:They would not listen; theyre not listening still --Perhaps they never will.For they could not love youBut still, your love was trueAnd when no hope was left insideOn that starry, starry nightYou took your life as lovers often do --But I couldve told you, vincent:This world was never meantFor one as beautiful as you.