Bressanone

Singer: Matthew Lane

Lyricist: Matthew Lane

Composer: Matthew ·Lian

Lyrics:

Here i stand in Bressanone

I stand in the land of Bressanone

With the stars up in the sky

The stars are shining above me

Are they shining over brenner

Does the starlight pass through brenner?

And upon the other side

Is it shining on a distant foreign land?

You would be a sweet surrender

Please don’t be so stubborn

I must go the other way

What I want to go is The other direction

And my train will carry me onward

The train will carry me forward

Though my heart would surely stay

Wo my heart would surely stay in this place

Oh my heart would surely stay in this place

Now the clouds are flying by me

Black clouds rush across my head

And the moon is the rise

The bright moon also rises in the sky aside

I have left stars behind me

I have left stars behind me

They were disamondsin your skies

They would Shine like diamonds in your sky

You would be a sweet surrender

So please don’t be so stubborn

I must go the other way

I want to go in the other direction

And my train will carry me onward

The train will carry me forward

Though my heart would surely stay

But my heart would surely stay here

Wo my heart would surely stay

Oh my heart would surely stay here Place

Extended information:

"Bressanone" is a classic song written and sung by Canadian environmental musician Matthew Lien. The song is included on his 1995 album Bleeding Wolves.

According to Matthew Lane, this song was written when he was in his 20s and was leaving Bressanone, a small town in northern Italy, on a train. Bressanone is the hometown of Matthew's mother, so he has a deep affection for this land. In addition, there is actually Matthew Lane's own love story behind this song. This song is often hailed as "the saddest English song in the world" on the Internet.