Overture

Stop all the world Arrest the turning of the earth Stay every footstep Delay all motion in the firmament above Silence every songbird Hush every moth and every bee Detain the lifeblood Of any beating heart within creation's reach Who is that man? How can such beauty be? The sight deletes me I am erased from life for all eternity And in that heaven To which you send me I am lost I am gone into a dream Of all the you and I could be