Author's Note: These are lyrics I wrote for "Across the Stars," the love theme from Episode II. They are Anakin's thoughts about Padme near the beginning of the movie.

Rating: G

0:01 - 0:15 - Intro

0:15 - 2:29:

I feel you

Standing beside me,

But deep inside, my heart cries.

Now I'm burided

Deep within secrets and lies.

But I can't hide the truth any longer.

Leaving you takes all my strength.

But holding you is making me stronger.

Sorrow is love's sweet lament.

The sunshine

Reaches no mortal.

There is a portal uncrossed.

And its brightness

Cannot be seen through time lost.

And we can only judge by our feelings,

Not what hindered sight allows.

A secret heart of wishings and dreamings

Brings our lives together now.

My love is

Deeper than oceans,

More than a notion passing.

Death will take us.

But love is everlasting

And no one can know of my love.

I'm gazing at you from above.

Far above the earth and sky,

You'll never see the tears I cry.

2:29 - 3:07 - no singing

3:07 - 4:28:

In dreams, I'll

Love you forever,

Knowing you'll never leave me.

I have loved you

Longer than anyone can see.

If only dreams could linger in daytime,

You would always be my own.

But I can only live when the stars shine,

Wishing you were mine to hold.

I feel you,

Standing beside me,

But deep inside my heart cries.

Now I'm buried

Deep within secrets and lies.

The cold of fear creeps through my veins,

A sorrow I cannot contain.

Eyes can only gaze so far,

But I see you across the stars.

4:28 - 4:39 - no singing

4:39- 5:33

Your beauty's

Undying sweetness

Haunts me through all my life's grief.

Now I'm falling

And there is no one there to catch me.

The sunshine

Will never reach me,

But in your eyes it shines.