The Clearest Lens: An Astronomy Love Song

This week... I have something a little different. It is a song called "The Clearest Lens" (lyrics below). It's about how we see our world and our universe differently through the eyes of those we love. As always, it's for my husband, Patrick.

Happy Valentine's Day. Enjoy.

The Clearest Lens (Going to the Stars)
Music and Lyrics by: Jane Perrella
 
You tell me that to see the past I only need my eyes
Open them to ancient light that soars across the skies
You trace the shapes of space and time in one black sweeping arc
So grab your coat, turn out the lights, we’ll see better in the dark
 
Let me follow in your footsteps far across the Milky Way
Show me nebulas and galaxies invisible by day
Your love is the clearest lens that I will ever know
If you’re going to the stars, take me with you when you go.
 
When the wonders of galaxies are too far away to see
You search the skies with binoculars before giving them to me
And when I find that speck of pale light I can hear you say
“There’s Andromeda, our neighbour, two million light-years away”
 
Let me follow in your footsteps far across the Milky Way
Show me nebulas and galaxies invisible by day
Your love is the clearest lens that I will ever know
If you’re going to the stars, take me with you when you go.
 
I shivered while you tinkered with our telescope that night,
Until you show me where to look and I found in my sight
The Orion nebula’s silver stars lighting up the skies
The universe is brighter when I see it through your eyes.
 
Let me follow in your footsteps far across the Milky Way
Show me nebulas and galaxies invisible by day
Your love is the clearest lens that I will ever know
If you’re going to the stars, take me with you when you go.