Shining

[billroper]

It has been a long time since I wrote a new song, as I seem to have been afflicted with a case of pandemic-related writer's block. But I started working on this one just before Marcon and finished it up the night before leaving, so I could sing it there.

And having a new song makes me happy. :)

Words and Music by Bill Roper
Copyright 2021
Shining

(Chorus)
Shooting stars are pretty as they streak across the sky
And their light’s there for a moment, then their light has passed us by.
They’re not the light I like to see, they’re not the light I hope to be.
I want to go on shining and I hope you will agree
That we ought to shine together for a long, long time.


My world is so much better when it’s all filled up with light.
Light to show the pathway in the middle of the night,
Light that never fails me, light that’s glowing strong,
Light to give me hope when all the world is going wrong.

I look up to the heavens to a sky that’s filled with stars.
The light that’s generations old is now the light that’s ours.
The light that guided ships at sea wherever they may roam,
Light that’s like the light I see that’s going to lead me home.

The points of light that guide us from the stars so far away
Are suns much like our own that brings us new life every day.
Life and light forever shine in the expanse.
We can shine together as we spin through time’s long dance.

(Chorus twice)
We ought to shine together for a long, long time.
We ought to shine together for a long, for the longest time.