WHO WILL BURN BRIGHTLY?
Myself and my shadow,
We were drifting along,
Shadow! Shadow!
Sing me a song!
He answered me darkly -
“I ONLY KNOW ONE -
And it’s WHO WILL BURN BRIGHTLY?
In the gray dawn?
Who will burn brightly?
When the moment comes?
Who will burn brightly?
Like a thousand suns?
ISN’T IT EVERYONE?
I live in your houses,
I dance and I sing,
I walk through your winter,
And I wait for your spring,
I laugh at your jokes,
And I cry at your pain,
Who’s gonna come in here and tell me anything?
WHO WILL BURN BRIGHTLY?
In the gray dawn?
Who will burn brightly?
When the money’s gone?
Who will burn brightly?
Like a thousand suns?
EVERYONE!
And it’s Oisín and Patrick,
Séamus and Seán,
Catherine and Shirley,
Louis and John,
WHO WILL BURN BRIGHTLY
In the gray dawn?
Who will burn brightly?
When the soldiers come?
Who will burn brightly?
Like a thousand suns?
EVERONE!”
Myself and my shadow,
We were drifting along,
Shadow! Shadow!
Sing me a song,
Hw answered me darkly,
“ I only know one-
and it’s WHO WILL BURN BRIGHTLY?
In the gray dawn?
Who will burn brightly?
When the moment’s gone?
Who will burn brightly?
Like a thousand suns?
EVERYONE! EVERYONE!
EVERYONE!”