Candle in the dark

When all around is dark, even a small candle feels like a great light.

Sometimes all you need to do is just be there for someone else. To encourage and support them when things seem hopeless. To give them strength to keep on fighting. To be their light in the dark, their shield against fear and despair.

Together, we can not only survive, but stand tall and proud.

Here's one of my favorite songs of hope and strength. Master of the Wind by Manowar (it's a ballad).

Comments

  • A quote from Babylon 5:

    There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.

  • This brought to mind another song. It's intended as a love song, but absolutely can be reinterpreted.

    Candle on the Water, sung by Helen Reddy in the film Pete's Dragon (1978)

    Lyrics:

    I'll be your candle on the water,
    My love for you will always burn.
    I know you're lost and drifting
    But the clouds are lifting.
    Don't give up, you have somewhere to turn.
    I'll be your candle on the water,
    'Till every wave is warm and bright.
    My soul is there beside you,
    Let this candle guide you.
    Soon you'll see a golden stream of light.
    A cold and friendless tide has found you,
    Don't let the stormy darkness pull you down.
    I'll paint a ray of hope around you,
    Circling in the air,
    Lighted by a prayer.
    I'll be your candle on the water,
    This flame inside of me will grow.
    Keep holding on, you'll make it,
    Here's my hand so take it.
    Look for me, reaching out to show,
    As sure as rivers flow,
    I'll never let you go.
    I'll never let you go.
    I'll never let you go...

    My thoughts are with you, @IronLemon 💖

  • @IronLemon
    I love what you wrote, thanks for sharing!

  • And remember, it is better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness.

  • @IronLemon and Man O War? Seems so wrong but feels so right 😂

  • @pmvines It's an unusual song for them (and not just because it's not about how great Man O War is). But just for you, here's some Helloween. (lyrics in video comments)

  • Halloween haha. I can respect them. At least they don't wear loin cloths 😂

  • Manowar for the win 🤘

  • @Cuddlesofcuddle
    Is it the loin cloths ?

  • Memory stands tall, and does not surrender to silence.

  • When they try to erase you, unerase yourself. Be the candle burning bright, never let them dim your light.

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