Light a Light

Journey of Longing: Light a Light by Janis Ian
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Lyrics

I hear your voice in every corridor

I sense your presence in every hallway.

See your face in every picture frame

Your image is reflected in every photograph.

I feel your eyes in every starry sky

I perceive your gaze in the starry sky.

Lover, am I coming home again

Addressing the lover, questioning if a return home is imminent.


Now am I humble, who once was proud

Expressing a shift from pride to humility.

Now am I silent, who once was loud

Transformation from being vocal to becoming silent.

Now am I waiting for the sound of your saying

Eagerly awaiting the lover's words.

Lover, am I coming home again

Reiterating the anticipation of returning home.


When you're gone, the sun don't shine

Describing the gloom when the loved one is absent.

Light a light, light a light for me

Plea to illuminate a path back with a symbolic light.

Bring me back home again

Yearning to be brought back home.


And how we loved, 'til the years were days

Recalling the love shared over the years.

How we laughed all our tears away

Shared laughter that healed sorrows.

And now the time begins to fade

Noting the passage of time and its impact.

Lover, am I coming home again

Reiterating the desire to return home.


There's a wisdom in the teachings

Finding wisdom in familiar songs.

Of the old familiar songs,

Reflecting on the sorrow of repeating past mistakes.

And a sorrow in repeating

Emphasizing the need to learn from past wrongs.

All the old familiar wrongs,

Highlighting the sorrow associated with repeated mistakes.

And a lesson to be learned,

Stressing the importance of learning from experience.

Though I've known all along

Acknowledging awareness of lessons despite prior knowledge.

Lover, am I coming home again

Pondering on the return home.


Light a light, light a light for me

Repeated plea to illuminate the path back home.

Light a light, light a light for me

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Light a light, light a light for me

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Bring me back home again

Reiterating the request to be brought back home.

Bring me back home again

Final plea to return home.

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