Despite Everything

A star was running Through the clouds one night And I told her: Take me away! But the moonlight was braiding my hair And the sky wrapped me in a long Indigo dress and the star was gone Once, I was sitting in a park Surrounded by dead leaves I spread out my pain Under an old oak tree But the dusk came down And I started drinking Its scarlet wine Despite everything, I embrace life Despite its cruelty I can always find some scene, Some face which cheers me up, Illuminates my path And nurture my dreams