A Lantern in the Rain

Description: jazz-funk, disco, modern lounge jazz https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqbZD7eSWcHYX-mzH3rARjCuCKdXRW8kU&si=7kFGRv7WybbSHjNE It should not still be burning. That is the miracle. A lantern in the rain — exposed, unshielded, battered by every wind and every downpour the sky can send — and still it burns. Steady. Quiet. Defiant. Not because the glass is unbreakable, but because what fuels the flame is stronger than anything that threatens it. This is a song about that kind of love. A man gives his whole heart to the woman he loves — places it in her hands like a light he trusts her to carry — and takes hers in return, guarding it like a song he will never stop singing. He loves her the way Christ loved — not with a love that performs in the sunshine and disappears when the clouds roll in, but with a love that kneels lower the harder the road becomes. When winter wraps itself around her shoulders, he will be the warmth. When the waters rise beneath her feet, he will be the ground that does not give way. When the world grows loud and cruel and tries to make her forget who she is, he will be the hush that calls her name and brings her home. In the plenty and in the hunger. In the joy and in the ache. In the breaking and in the mending. He will not hold his love back. He will not let it break. He will stand before God with everything he has been given and let it burn — like a lantern in the rain — knowing that the storm does not get to decide whether the light survives. Love decides. And his love has already decided. It burns for her. It has always burned for her. And no rain on earth — no darkness, no distance, no season of sorrow — will ever, ever put it out. A Lantern in the Rain [Verse 1] My whole heart is yours I placed it in your hands Like a lantern that won’t go out Held in holy plans And yours rests here with me Guarded like a song I’ll sing it through the years When the days feel long [Pre-Chorus] I will love you like Christ loved Laying down what’s precious So you can stand in the light Held by something endless [Chorus] I will always love you I will always love you When the road is hard I kneel lower, not farther I will always love you I will always love you In the breaking and mending God knows I still choose you [Verse 2] When winter finds your shoulders I will be the warmth Wrapped around your trembling Shelter from the storm When the waters rise up I will be the ground Steady under all your steps Holding when you drown [Pre-Chorus] And when the world is loud And unkind to your name I will be the hush That calls you back again [Chorus] I will always love you I will always love you When the road is hard I kneel lower, not farther I will always love you I will always love you In the breaking and mending God knows I still choose you [Bridge] In the plenty and the hunger In the joy and the ache I won’t hold my love back I won’t let it break Take my life, take my yes Take what You have made Let it stand before You Like a lantern in the rain [Final Chorus] I will always love you I will always love you When the road is hard I kneel lower, not farther I will always love you I will always love you In the breaking and mending God knows I still choose you I will always love you I will always love you My whole heart is yours And yours is safe with me