Lyric discussion by BleedingDolly 

this song means so much to me...recently someone i knew took their own life, and my english teacher read this verse at his funeral:

For they could not love you But still, your love was true And when no hope was left inside On that starry, starry night You took your life as lovers often do -- But I could've told you, Vincent: This world was never meant For one as beautiful as you.

all i know is that i have never cried so much in my entire life...but it meant so much.

I know what you mean. This is my favourite part of the song. It is one the most beautiful verses of a song I have ever heard and it can be applied to so many people. It has me in tears everytime I hear it.

This is my favorite verse of them all as well! It is just so simple but so beautifully delivered! I can't get over the beauty of the ironic but yet truthful line: "You took your life, as Lovers always do..." as well as the epicness of that one " This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you"...

I also adore the way he integrated the repeated theme of the "starry, starry night" as the final time and space when his "taking his life" happened...beautiful!

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