ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴀʏᴇʀ - ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴɢᴇꜱᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ

Light a candle, sing a song Say that the shadows shall not cross Make an oblation out of all you’ve lost In the longest night . Gather friends and cast your hopes Into the fire as it snows And stare at God through the dark windows Of the longest night Of the year . A night that seems like a lifetime If you’re waiting for the sun So why not sing to the nighttime And the burning stars up above? . Come with drums, bells and horns Or come in silence, come forlorn Come like a miner to the door Of the longest night . For deep in the stillness, deep in the cold Deep in the darkness, a miner knows That there is a diamond in the soul Of the longest night Of the year . A night that seems like a lifetime If you’re waiting for the sun So why not sing to the nighttime And the burning stars up above? . Maybe peace hides in a storm Maybe winter’s heart is warm And maybe light itself is born In the longest night In the longest night Of the year