Lanterns In The Oil — Selah Sound Collective (Matthew 25)

Lyrics Silver breath of night drapes the earth in sleep, we wait by the road where the shadows keep. Ten voices hushed, oil cradled in jars, eyes fixed on a sky scattered deep with stars. The hour is late, but the fire won’t fade, oil in our hands for the dawn You’ve made. Lanterns in the oil, burning through the dark, holding back the night with a single spark. When the midnight cry breaks the silence wide, we will rise with light at the Bridegroom’s side. Footsteps tremble on the edge of the air, time folds in close — the arrival is near. Those who have oil will not fear the door, for the light they tend is the love they store. The hour is late, but the fire won’t fade, oil in our hands for the dawn You’ve made. Lanterns in the oil, burning through the dark, holding back the night with a single spark. When the midnight cry breaks the silence wide, we will rise with light at the Bridegroom’s side. Don’t let the flame drown in the sleep of the world, for the door will close when the story’s unfurled. Keep watch, keep breath, keep the oil and the fire, for the cry will come like a storm through the choir. Lanterns in the oil, burning through the dark, holding back the night with a single spark. And the midnight cry shakes the sleeping earth, we will rise with light to the feast of worth. Lanterns in the oil... we are ready, we are ready.