I was watching American Idol and this song started playing at the beginning as they did their obligatory intro piece about the final four contestants. I was captivated immediately by the song and thought it was Five for Fighting at first but realized it wasn’t. I used the Shazzam app to discover that it was Birds of Tokyo and the song was called “Lanterns”.
I then found the lyrics and the music video which I’ve shared below.
I just love when things like this happen out of the blue. What a beautiful and inspirational work of art this is.
I hope it uplifts you and makes you feel as good as it’s making me feel right now.
“Lanterns”
When I start to think aloud
There’s a longing in the sound
There is more I could be
In darkness I leave
For a place I’ve never seen
It’s been calling out to me
That is where I should beWe never carried days on our own
But now it’s up to us to know
The weight of being so much more
We will find ourselves on the road
On we march
With a midnight song
We will light our way
With our lanterns on
On we march
Till we meet the dawn
We will light our way
With our lanterns on
As we walk out
Without question, without doubt
In the light that we have found
It is finally clear
Our day has come
And we’ll stand for who we are
We are ready, we are young
We have nothing to fear
We never carried days on our own
But now it’s up to us to know
The weight of being so much more
We will find ourselves on the road
On we march
With a midnight song
We will light our way
With our lanterns on
On we march
Till we meet the dawn
We will light our way
With our lanterns on
We held the light
To our faces
And realised
We were chasing
Shadows behind
Not worth saving
So burn it bright
Forever illuminating
On we march
With a midnight song
We will light our way
With our lanterns on
On we march
Till we meet the dawn
We will light our way
With our lanterns on
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In darkness I leave
For a place I’ve never seen
It’s been calling out to me
That is where I should be