Hold The Light

I knew your eyes in the morning sun,
tired and hungry when your ship came through.
And the moment that you wandered far from shore,
I kept a little candle lit for you.
I have stood here in the wind and rain,
watched you build and break and build again —
and you may not think I'm here at all,
but I have caught you every time you fall.

So I'll hold up the light,
(hold up the light)
I'll hold up the light,
(hold up the light)
I'll hold up the light —
till you find your way home.
However far you roam,
you are never on your own.

I have heard you ask me late at night
how much a tired old heart can give.
And I don't answer, I just raise the flame
a little higher over where you live.
For you came to me with empty hands,
and I never asked you what you'd done —
I only ever asked you stay,
and love the stranger standing next to you someday.

So I'll hold up the light,
(hold up the light)
I'll hold up the light,
(hold up the light)
I'll hold up the light —
till you find your way home.
However far you roam,
you are never on your own.

'Cause you're living in a world that's hard,
tearing at each other when you all should let it heal.
But you belong to one another still —
oh, you always will,
you always will.

So I'll hold up the light,
(hold up the light)
for the huddled and the tired,
for the ones who lost the fight,
for the millions that I've carried,
and the millions on their way —
I'll hold up the light,
till you all find your way home.

Find your way home,
(hold up the light)
find your way home,
(hold up the light)
however far you roam,
you are never, never alone...
find your way home.