billy jonas / bridging divides

LET THERE BE LIGHT
© 2009 by Billy Jonas (Bang-A-Bucket Music/BMI)

From the vastness of outer space issued a plan
To separate sea from sky and sand
But how to give form to the night?                                            
Take a breath, make a wish and say:

LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!

In the depth of the forest we fashioned our drums
To echo the heart-beating heat of the sun
And call it back from its dark winter flight
‘Round a torch in a cave we sang:

LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!

In the scorch of the desert the Maccabees strained
Their faith, it was fixed in a flickering flame
When one day’s worth of oil burned eight nights
Every day they would pray, singing:

LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT...
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT

In the wick of the lantern, the flame in your heart
Is an ember remembering back to the start
So if nothing is working out right
Take a breath, make a wish and say:

LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT...
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!

LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT...
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!