I was young beneath the pines With the stars above my head Silver ships across the sky Calling softly from the dead Black boots walking through the night White flower upon my chest I believed the world was ours I believed we were the best They told me, look into the heavens There are worlds beyond this one And I saw a light above me Like a second rising sun I was only just a boy But I dreamed I understood Every star became a doorway Every shadow became good We're Edelweiss Under the blackened sky We're Edelweiss We never ask them why Stars are burning Stars are calling Through the forest Through the night We're Edelweiss And everything feels right Now I walk beneath the same trees But the stars don't speak to me The old songs crawl inside my skull Like ghosts that won't let me sleep I remember being twelve years old With that flower on my chest I remember all those faces And the things we called our quest They taught us to become the future They taught us not to doubt I thought I had discovered heaven I had only been led down Now the uniforms are hanging Like shadows in the hall And the boy I was still whispers You were never free at all I still see that distant light When I close my eyes at night But I no longer call it heaven I just call it Edelweiss We're Edelweiss Under the blackened sky We're Edelweiss We never asked them why Stars were burning Stars were calling Through the forest Through the night We're Edelweiss And nothing feels right We're Edelweiss... We're Edelweiss... The boy is still inside We're Edelweiss... We're Edelweiss... And the stars have lost their light
