L ight one candle for the Maccabee children
W ith thanks their light didn't d ie.
L ight one candle for the pain they endured
W hen their right to exist was de-n ied.
L ight one candle for the terrible sacrifice
J ustice and freedom d emand.
L ight one c andle for the w isdom to k now
when the p eace-makers t ime is at h and.
D on't let the l ight go out.
It's l asted for so many y ears.
D on't let the li ght go out.
Let it s hine through our love and our t ears .
D on't let the l ight go out.
It's l asted for so many y ears.
D on't let the li ght go out.
Let it s hine through our love and our t ears . ...
L ight one candle for the strength that we need
T o never became our own f oe.
A nd light one candle for those who are suffering
Pain we learned so long a go.
L ight one candle for all we believe in.
L et anger not tear us apa rt.
A nd light one c andle to b ind us tog ether
With p eace as the s ong in our h earts.
D on't let the l ight go out.
It's l asted for so many y ears.
D on't let the li ght go out.
Let it s hine through our love and our t ears .
D on't let the l ight go out.
It's l asted for so many y ears.
D on't let the li ght go out.
Let it s hine through our love and our t ears . ...
A nd what is the memory that's valued so highly
That we keep it alive in the f lame?
W hat's the commitment for those who have died
We cry out they have not died in v ain?
W e have come this far always believing
T hat judgement will somehow p revail.
T his is the b urden! T his is the p romise!
and t his is why w e will not f ail!
D on't let the l ight go out.
It's l asted for so many y ears.
D on't let the li ght go out.
Let it s hine through our love and our t ears .
D on't let the l ight go out.
It's l asted for so many y ears.
D on't let the li ght go out.
Let it s hine through our love and our t ears .
D on't let the l ight go out!
D on't let the l ight go out!
D on't let the l ight go out!
