Hall of Angels
Kris Kristofferson Lyrics

We stayed at the barroom till closing
We spent a long time drinking at the bar until it closed

I held down a place at his side
I stood beside him and supported him in his grief

And drank to the memory that crushed him
We drank in memory of the lady he had loved and lost, which was causing him great pain

A lady who'd loved him and died
He had lost a woman who had deeply loved him and who had passed away

He purely could not find a reason
He could not find any justification to continue on with his life after the tremendous loss he had experienced

To get it back up and go on
He could not bring himself to move forward

Then out of the dark came a stranger
A stranger unexpectedly appeared from the darkness

Who turned us around with a song
The stranger uplifted our spirits with the help of a song

He said: I know the pain that you're feeling
The stranger stated that he understood the hurt we were going through

I had a sweet little girl
The stranger had a beloved daughter

And I loved her more than her mother
He loved his daughter more than anyone or anything else, including her mother

Or anything else in the world
His daughter was the most important person/thing to him

And sure as I loved her I lost her
Despite his love for his daughter, he ultimately lost her

Sure as I wanted to die
The loss of his daughter caused him such pain that he wished to die

Then I had a dream or a vision
One day, he had a powerful dream or vision

Of wonder that opened my eyes
This extraordinary experience caused the stranger to see things in a new way

I dreamed of a young band of angels
The stranger dreamt of a group of youthful angels

That shone like the stars from above
These angels had a radiant brilliance, like stars in the sky

'Cos each had a bright burning candle
Each angel held a shining candle

Except for the angel I loved
The angel that the stranger was particularly fond of did not have a lit candle

And I asked why their candles were burning
The stranger wondered why the candles of the angels were alight

And why that hers wasn't the same
He was curious as to why his favorite angel's candle was not burning brightly like the others'

She said: Oh, Daddy, each time that I try to light it
The angel replied that every time she tried to ignite her candle

Your tears just keep drowning the flame
Her father's tears would extinguish her candle before it could catch fire, indicating his intense sorrow over her loss

We stared at the stranger in silence
In that moment, we all gazed at the stranger in utter silence

His spirit was truly alive
The stranger was brimming with a genuine, full-bodied vitality

If life had made his eyes glisten
His eyes sparkled with an ineffable luster, perhaps due to his life experiences

The diamond was bright in his eye
The diamond in his eye shone brightly, as if it were a valuable gemstone

'Cos everyone who ever loved him
All the people who had loved the stranger

Though fortune had torn them apart
Even though fate had separated them

Will live in the Hall of the Angels
Would be remembered and honored in the place of the angels

As long as the love in his heart
For as long as the love in the stranger's heart persisted

Oh they'll live in the Hall of The Angels
Without a doubt, they would all live on in the Hall of The Angels

As long as the love in your heart
This was assured as long as the deep love in the stranger's heart burned on