LANTERNS
“Lanterns” is the second single from Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo’s fourth album, March Fires. Band member Ian Berney said “It was always about our own sense of community and reaching far and wide in the most positive way we could, with the most positive message we had at the time, and it really connected with people.”
Last updated: (14 February 2024)
LYRICS
VERSE 1:
Lately I’ve found 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 be
PRE-CHORUS:
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
CHORUS:
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
VERSE 2:
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
PRECHORUS:
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
CHORUS:
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
BRIDGE:
We held the light to our faces
And realised we were chasing
Shadows behind, not worth saving
So burn it bright. Forever illuminating
CHORUS: (x 2)
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
OUTRO:
In darkness I leave for a place I’ve never seen
It’s been calling out to me, that is where I should be