(00:00) Part I: Pipe Dreams
(02:10) Part II: Proverb of Dark
(04:04) Part III: A Spark in the Shadows
(04:44) Part IV: Burning Black Gold River
(05:23) Part V: Tears in Your Eyes
(05:51) Part VI: An Icy Wind from the Burrows Above
(06:52) Part VII: The Lamp above Eve’s Caravan
(07:09) Part VIII: Proverb of Light
(08:59) Part IX: The Great Mech-Mole Thunders into Gear
(09:58) Part X: An Opera of the Blind
(11:27) Part XI: Embers of the Past and Flames Still Yet to Spring
(13:58) Part XII: Epilogue – The Lamps of the Oldest Cavern
lyrics
Lamplighter Overture
Take my hand
Tear the dark away from here
Here, tonight, come guide the way for me
We are, your shadow
Sheltered by a flame so low
Desire, so bright, come guide the way for me
Lamplighter, light the light
Lamplighter, light the light
In my mind
Something else is calling me
sleep, tonight, a child beyond our dreams
We fight, the daybreak
The night, our keeper
And when, the dark grows , come guide the way for me
Lamplighter, light the light
Lamplighter, light the light
Holding tomorrow;
A spark in your hand
Do, these eyes
Exist if no-one’s there to see?
Your, disguise, becomes our destiny
The path, leads nowhere
We’re trapped in this nightmare
Then fire, divine, will guide the way for me
Lamplighter, light the light
Lamplighter, light the light
Share, my warmth
Hold this candle to my fears
Flame to moth, the fire will draw me in
Our souls, are dying
Our hearts, entwining
And when, I die, come guide the way for me
Lamplighter, light the light
Lamplighter, light the light
Holding tomorrow;
A spark in your hand
Tear away the walls,
Wipe away the tears
We’re guided by his light tonight
It’s warming, falling, calling
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