Lantern-Josh Ritter

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具] [offset:0] [00:07.35]Give me light for my lantern [00:11.98] [00:14.96]Give me light for my lantern give me light [00:18.68] [00:22.61]Be the light of my lantern the light of my lantern be the light [00:27.14] [00:30.31]I need the light in my lantern light in my lantern tonight [00:34.73] [00:37.94]It's a hungry world out there [00:40.04]Even the wind will take a bite [00:41.87]I can feel the world circling [00:43.80]Sniffing round me in the night [00:45.58]And the lost sheep grow teeth [00:47.86]Forsake the lambs and lie with the lions [00:50.73] [00:53.35]Where the living is desperate [00:55.52]Precarious and mean [00:57.25]And getting by is so hard [00:59.25]That even the rocks are picked clean [01:03.76] [01:08.70]And the bones of small contention [01:13.23] [01:16.90]Are the only food the hungry find [01:20.87] [01:24.06]Where the thistles eat the thorns [01:26.21]And the roses have no chance [01:28.00]And it no wonder that the babies [01:29.90]Come out crying in advance [01:31.88]And the children look for shelter [01:33.97]In the hollow of some lonesome cheek [01:36.35] [01:39.47]And the sky's so cold and clear [01:41.18]The stars might stick you stand [01:43.34]And you're only glad it's dark cause [01:45.14]You might see the master's hand [01:47.08]And you might cast around forever [01:49.35]And never find the peace that you seek [01:51.64] [02:02.75]For every cry in the night [02:06.95] [02:12.15]Somebody says Have faith [02:14.04]Be content inside your questions [02:16.11]Minotaurs inside a maze [02:17.84]Tell me what's the point of light [02:20.01]When you have to strike a match to find [02:22.41] [02:25.30]So throw away those lamentations [02:26.92]We both know them all too well [02:29.27]If there's a book of jubilations [02:30.64]We'll have to write it for ourselves [02:33.12]So come and lie beside me darling [02:35.26]And let's write it while we still got time [02:37.64] [03:11.40]So if you got a light hold it high for me [03:15.45]I need it bad tonight hold it high for me [03:19.07]Cause I'm face to face hold it high for me [03:23.12]In that lonesome place hold it high for me [03:26.85]With all the hurt that I've done hold it high for me [03:30.78]That can't be undone hold it high for me [03:34.61]Light and guide me through hold it high for me [03:38.17]And I'll do the same for you hold it high for me [03:42.05]I'll hold it high for you cause I know you've got [03:46.06]I'll hold it high for you your own valley to walk [03:49.71]I'll hold it high for you though it's dark as death [03:53.59]I'll hold it high for you and then gets darker yet [03:57.40]I'll hold it high for you though your path is blocked [04:01.33]I'll hold it high for you through the thieves and rocks [04:05.26]I'll hold it high for you keep you safe from harm [04:12.76] [04:28.90]I'll hold it high for you until you're back in my arms