My son I know you're scared but please you have to know I care Stay close here under my wing I'll protect you from the air Cause you, yes you are my lantern No sign of any smoke curling from the stacks upon the mills Every step we take test every fibre of my will But you, yes you are my lantern There's no food left for fishes here and even less for man All the world is black and scorched beneath some higher power's hand But you, yes you are my lantern I would love to give you everything you'll never know Like a single tin of peaches or to look upon a rose Cause you, yes you are my lantern I know that the sun is gone and I know you'll miss the light I've been saving two last rounds for the darkest of dark nights I would give what life I've left if it meant that you could live For just one minute in a world where there was life enough to live Cause you, yes you are my lantern You, yes you are my lantern You, yes you are my lantern