Lantern Lyrics - So Runs The World Away - Josh Ritter

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

Be the light of my lantern, the light of my lantern, tonight 

Be the light of my lantern, the light of 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 

And 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 

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I'll 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 

You might cast around forever 

And never find the peace you seek 

I need light for my lantern, light for my lantern tonight 

Be the light in my lantern, the light of my lantern tonight 

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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 

That 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 

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 of my lantern, the light of my lantern, tonight 

Be the light of my lantern, the light of my lantern, tonight 

Be the light of my lantern, the light of my lantern, tonight 

Be the light of my lantern, the light of my lantern, tonight