I cupped my two hands like a kid with a fireflyCareful and greedy and sure I could keepThe warmth of an evening that was already coolingThe light through my fingers already asleepYou can't keep a sunset you can't bottle the goldYou can only stand under it brave and coldSo hold the light hold the lightEven knowing it goesHold it like it's staying like the dark never knowsHold the light hold the lightLet it pour through your handsThe holding is the loving even when it endsHold the lightThe minute I named it the minute slipped underThe more that I grabbed the more it was goneBut I'd rather burn out both my palms in the tryingThan to stand in the gold and not hold it at allAnd if it leaves and it leaves and it leavesLet it leave me wide open let it leave me believingThere's another there's another there's another eveningSo hold the light hold the lightEven knowing it goesHold it like it's staying like the dark never knowsHold the light hold the lightLet it pour through your handsThe holding is the loving even when it endsHold the light
