Song Of The Day! - Lantern, Josh Ritter
I haven't done one of these in ages. Probably because I haven't come across something written super well lyrically and melodically, in a while. This song is addictive with just 4 chords and lyrically adorable.
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
Be the light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
I need light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight
It's a hungry world out there
Even the wind will take a bite
I can feel the world circling
Sniffing round me in the night
And the lost sheep grow teeth
Forsake the lambs and lie with the lions
Where the living is desperate
Precarious and mean
And getting by is so hard
That even the rocks are picked clean
And the bones of small contention
Are the only food the hungry find
Oh, I need light for my lantern
Light for my lantern
Tonight
Light in my lantern
Light in my lantern
Tonight
Where the thistles eat the thorns
And the roses have no chance
And it ain't no wonder that the babies
Come out crying in advance
And the children look for shelter
In the hollow of some lonesome cheek
And the sky's so cold and clear
The stars might stick you where you stand
And you're only glad it's dark cause
You might see the master's hand
And you might cast around forever
And never find the peace that you seek
I need light for my lantern
Light for my lantern
Tonight
Be the Light in my lantern
Light in my lantern
Tonight
For every cry in the night
Somebody says, "Have faith!"
"Be content inside your questions"
"Minotaurs inside a maze"
Tell me what's the point of light
When you have to strike a match to find?
So throw away those lamentations
We both know them all too well
If there's a book of jubilations
We'll have to write it for ourselves
So come and lie beside me darling
And let's write it while we still got time
So if you got a light, hold it high for me
I need it bad tonight, hold it high for me
Cause I'm face to face, hold it high for me
In that lonesome place, hold it high for me
With all the hurt that I've done, hold it high for me
That can't be undone, hold it high for me
Light and guide me through, hold it high for me
And I'll do the same for you, hold it high for me
I'll hold it high for you, cause I know you've got
I'll hold it high for you, your own valley to walk
I'll hold it high for you, though it's dark as death
I'll hold it high for you, and then gets darker yet
I'll hold it high for you, though your path seems lost
I'll hold it high for you, through the thieves and rocks
I'll hold it high for you, keep you safe from harm
I'll hold it high for you, until you're back in my arms
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
Be the light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
I need light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
Be the light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
I need light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight
It's a hungry world out there
Even the wind will take a bite
I can feel the world circling
Sniffing round me in the night
And the lost sheep grow teeth
Forsake the lambs and lie with the lions
Where the living is desperate
Precarious and mean
And getting by is so hard
That even the rocks are picked clean
And the bones of small contention
Are the only food the hungry find
Oh, I need light for my lantern
Light for my lantern
Tonight
Light in my lantern
Light in my lantern
Tonight
Where the thistles eat the thorns
And the roses have no chance
And it ain't no wonder that the babies
Come out crying in advance
And the children look for shelter
In the hollow of some lonesome cheek
And the sky's so cold and clear
The stars might stick you where you stand
And you're only glad it's dark cause
You might see the master's hand
And you might cast around forever
And never find the peace that you seek
I need light for my lantern
Light for my lantern
Tonight
Be the Light in my lantern
Light in my lantern
Tonight
For every cry in the night
Somebody says, "Have faith!"
"Be content inside your questions"
"Minotaurs inside a maze"
Tell me what's the point of light
When you have to strike a match to find?
So throw away those lamentations
We both know them all too well
If there's a book of jubilations
We'll have to write it for ourselves
So come and lie beside me darling
And let's write it while we still got time
So if you got a light, hold it high for me
I need it bad tonight, hold it high for me
Cause I'm face to face, hold it high for me
In that lonesome place, hold it high for me
With all the hurt that I've done, hold it high for me
That can't be undone, hold it high for me
Light and guide me through, hold it high for me
And I'll do the same for you, hold it high for me
I'll hold it high for you, cause I know you've got
I'll hold it high for you, your own valley to walk
I'll hold it high for you, though it's dark as death
I'll hold it high for you, and then gets darker yet
I'll hold it high for you, though your path seems lost
I'll hold it high for you, through the thieves and rocks
I'll hold it high for you, keep you safe from harm
I'll hold it high for you, until you're back in my arms
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
Be the light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight
Be the light in my lantern
the light in my lantern
Be the light
I need light in my lantern
light in my lantern
tonight