Our Own Light

Gather close against the cold

And behold, the sea of stars

Id trade every flame

In the Milky Way

For a single earthly spark

And all we lost

In the killing frost

I could find them with this light

More worth in this

Than heaven’s ordinance

Because this light is mine

Someday boys

We’ll have too much to choose from

And the heat will rise out of the walls

We’ll have enough to feed even each other’s children

Maybe children won’t hardly die ever at all

 

Sweep the universe

In my leather purse

Each star is a grain of sand

Won’t warm us up

Even half as much

As this candle in your hand

Someday boys

These wolves that have us terrified

They will eat at our feet from a bowl

And in good time we’ll hide that awful goodamn starlight

With our light that we cast from the warmth of our homes

Our own light that we cast from the warmth of our homes

Our own light that we cast from the warmth of our homes

Our own light that we cast from the warmth of our homes

Our Own Light