They are not stars burning in the sky at nightNo, no, they're candles in astro-flightThey are not men walking on the streets belowWhat are they really nobody knowsThey are not stars, we are not humanI don't know the reason whyA firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eyeAnd so, a rose is not a roseBy that or any other nameThings remain unexplainedI am a tree, dancing on the ocean floorThe air is water on desert shoresThere is a face painted on the salty moonThe tree singing this silent tuneThey are not stars, we are not humanI don't know the reason whyA firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eyeAnd so, a rose is not a roseBy that or any other nameThings remain unexplainedThey are not stars, we are not humanI don't know the reason whyA firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eyeAnd so, a rose is not a roseBy that or any other nameThings remain unexplainedThey are not stars, we are not humanI don't know the reason whyA firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eyeAnd so, a rose is not a roseBy that or any other nameThings remain unexplained