On that night Nothing we felt But a still, small breeze A breath, a breath, a breath A touch of a breath in the olive trees Nothing there was to hear but a cry, a cry Of a newborn lamb in a stable nearby Nothing there was to see in the sky But a single star, a single star Beginning to rise In the night ♪ Then the light of that star (the light of that star) The light of that star (the light) The light of that star Filled our sight as it grew, ah And an archangel's flame Split the heavens in two And we fell to the earth In the rush of the blast In the rush of the blast Of the blast of the wings The wings of a heavenly host As they passed It was "Glory to God in the highest!" they sang It was "Glory to God in the highest!" they sang And when each one had vanished The valley still rang In the light On that night, ah On that night