[Verse 1] We step outside before the dawn We stand where older marks are drawn We check the ground, we face the cold We note what can and can’t be told We lift our eyes, we hold them still We count the rise against the hill We say no more than what we see We mark the place, we let it be [Chorus] We measure light, we keep our sight We hold the count through length and height We measure light, we keep our sight The dark remains, but not as night [Verse 2] We wake before the bells are rung We move as those who have begun We take the path that feet have worn We note the frost, the field, the morn We do not guess, we do not plead We check the span the days concede We speak in sums, not hopes or fears We write the same as prior years [Chorus] We measure light, we keep our sight We hold the count through length and height We measure light, we keep our sight The dark remains, but not as night [Verse 3] At Candlemas we stand and wait We check the sky, the air, the state We see the shadow cast or not We log the length the day has got We do not cheer, we do not groan We mark the facts that light has shown We turn again to stored supply And hold the count that passes by [Chorus] We measure light, we keep our sight We hold the count through length and height We measure light, we keep our sight The dark remains, but not as night [Verse 4] We finish work the way we start With careful hands and measured part We trust the mark, we trust the sum We wait for what the days become No vow is made, no promise sworn We keep the count till more is born We stand within the turning year And mark what grows from here to here [Chorus] We measure light, we keep our sight We hold the count through length and height We measure light, we keep our sight The dark remains, but not as night [Chorus] We measure light, we keep our sight We hold the count through length and height We measure light, we keep our sight The dark remains, but not as night © 2026 Dreaminbminor
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