Chords:
{t:Wind Lantern, The}
{st:Words and music ? Rick Skelton 2025}
{artist:Rick Skelton}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKShTsrlx3Y E so capo 4
{c: Thanks to Rick Skelton }
[C] [Em] [F] [C] [C] [Em] [F] [C]
[C] We lit a flame with trembling hands,
Paper wings began to [F] rise,
A quiet [Dm] glow against the night, [G]
Like the promise in your [C] eyes.
I watched it lift and drift away,
Carried where the breezes [F] go,
A warming [Dm] light that couldn't stay, [G]
Rising to the sky so [C] slow.
Like a lantern drifting [F] skyward, [G]
You were shining, then you [C] flew, [Am]
I reach but only catch the [F] shadows, [G]
The night keeps taking me from [C] you.
The wind decides the path it takes,
No hand can guide it where to [F] roam,
And so it [Dm] is with hearts that break, [G]
We burn, then wander far from [C] home.
[F] Maybe it's [G] enough we had that [C] moment,
[F] Floating bright [G] against the [C] dark, [G] [Am]
Some loves are [G] lanterns in the [F] distance,
[Dm] Leaving only [G] smoke and [C] sparks.
[C] [Em] [F] [C] [C] [Em] [F] [C]
I searched the sky, but found no trace,
Just darkness where the glow had [F] been,
The [Dm] memory still holds your face, [G]
A fragile warmth I keep [C] within.
Like a lantern drifting [F] skyward, [G]
You were shining, then you [C] flew, [Am]
I reach but only catch the [F] shadows, [G]
The night keeps taking me from [C] you.
I watched the glow fade to a [F] sta-ar, [G]
Then vanish in the endless [C] blue, [G] [Am]
Some lights are always meant to [F] wander, [G]
I'll take the time I had with [C] you.
[C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C]
