Shine On

Shine on, brighter than the sun
Live for every moment, before the moment’s gone
We shine on you and me tonight
Way across the universe, burning like a fire in the night;
I was looking at a photograph
Taken in a garden long before the war
And out on the lawn
There were old men and dogs and little children
All of them gone forever;
There were people by the waterside
Standing in the same place where I am today;
Nothing has changed — but you know
That time is moving like a river
It can only be love forever;
We shine on, brighter than the sun
Live for every moment, before the moment’s gone
We shine on, you and me tonight
Way across the universe
Burning like a fire in the night;
There are those who can never cross
The space between a father and a son
When they are young
We must say all the words that should be spoken
Before they are lost forever;
And I was looking at a photograph
Taken from a window way above the world
We’ve got to learn
We must leave here a garden for our children
When we are gone forever;
We shine on, brighter than the sun
Live for every moment, before the moment’s gone
We shine on, you and me tonight
Way across the universe
Burning like a fire in the night;
Leave here a garden
Leave here a new world
Shine on