They are not stars burning in the sky at night   No, no, they're candles in astro-flight   They are not men walking on the streets below   What are they really nobody knows      They are not stars, we are not human   I don't know the reason why   A firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eye   And so, a rose is not a rose   By that or any other name   Things remain unexplained      I am a tree, dancing on the ocean floor   The air is water on desert shores   There is a face painted on the salty moon   The tree singing this silent tune      They are not stars, we are not human   I don't know the reason why   A firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eye   And so, a rose is not a rose   By that or any other name   Things remain unexplained      They are not stars, we are not human   I don't know the reason why   A firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eye   And so, a rose is not a rose   By that or any other name   Things remain unexplained      They are not stars, we are not human   I don't know the reason why   A firefly is not a candle, not a flower in my eye   And so, a rose is not a rose   By that or any other name   Things remain unexplained