I told you over the phone That you were as beautiful As the stars that dotted the sky But you lived in a big, bright city And could only see a few dozen While I could see thousands You couldn't know the half of it So I told you over the phone That you were as beautiful As the stars in your new lover's eyes And you finally understood
"Normally, about 2,500 individual stars are visible to the human eye without using any special equipment. But because of light pollution, you actually see just 200 to 300 from todayβs suburbs, and fewer than a dozen from a typical city." How sad is that?