Josh Ritter - Lantern lyrics

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<b>Lantern</b> by <i>Josh Ritter</i><br />Give me light for my lantern

Give me light for my lantern give me light

Be the light of my lantern, the light of my lantern, be the light

I need the 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

Where the thistles eat the thorns

And the roses have no chance

And it 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 stand

And you’re only glad its dark cause

You might see the master’s hand

And you might cast around forever

And never find the peace that you seek

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 is blocked

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