Lyrics

We Are Each Other’s Light
Music & lyrics by SARA THOMSEN

I will not fill my cup up with fear
I will not fill my plate with hate
I will not dine on division, jokes and jeers
That deride and denigrate
That slice and separate
I will not sip a drip
I will not take a bite

I will sit down at the table of delight
I will gather friends around
Weary bones and brokenhearted from the fight
In the silence and the sound

We will reach across the table
Light a candle, break some bread
Open up the lid and ladle love in bowls
‘til all are fed

We will gather with our grief and with our joys
We will bring our thread and yarn
With our hands and with our fingers, with our voice
We keep mending what is torn

We are stitching songs of freedom
We are knitting in the dark
We are painting up the power
We are stirring up a spark

When I walk out in the dark and sacred night
I will look up in the sky
I will see a million stars all shining bright
They are you, and you and I
In the face of fear and fright
In the deep and dark of night
We are each other’s light

© 2024 Sara Thomsen