Rise Against – Lanterns Lyrics
This night will fall like any other
Daylight subsides and shadows crawl out from under
Black corners hiding something, stars, all so restless
Cracked windows open wide
Dead-bolt turns, doors creak open
With stars and moonlight there to guide
[Hook]
Come raise your lantern to the sky
Can we illuminate this night?
We'll dance like heathens 'round a flame
While the world sleeps we are awake
The black brook calls, it sings a chorus
While the cavalry swells, the flames grow tall right before us
As drums keep pounding and the masses now are fusing
Bodies pressed and tangled
As we revel in confusion
Our inhibitions thrown into the fire
[Hook]
Here in the dark we are safe from the judgement
Now arm in arm locked tight so no one gets in
The hell is sent, see, child, you are hellbent
But hell is not where we're going, hell's where we've been
[Hook] x2
We are awake
(Raise your lantern to the sky)
We are awake
We are awake
(Now raise your lantern to the sky)
We are awake
Yeah we are awake
Daylight subsides and shadows crawl out from under
Black corners hiding something, stars, all so restless
Cracked windows open wide
Dead-bolt turns, doors creak open
With stars and moonlight there to guide
[Hook]
Come raise your lantern to the sky
Can we illuminate this night?
We'll dance like heathens 'round a flame
While the world sleeps we are awake
The black brook calls, it sings a chorus
While the cavalry swells, the flames grow tall right before us
As drums keep pounding and the masses now are fusing
Bodies pressed and tangled
As we revel in confusion
Our inhibitions thrown into the fire
[Hook]
Here in the dark we are safe from the judgement
Now arm in arm locked tight so no one gets in
The hell is sent, see, child, you are hellbent
But hell is not where we're going, hell's where we've been
[Hook] x2
We are awake
(Raise your lantern to the sky)
We are awake
We are awake
(Now raise your lantern to the sky)
We are awake
Yeah we are awake
