[Verse] Sleep now, little lantern, let the hearth keep quiet guard The world beyond the window has grown watchful, grown hard There were brave souls once who wandered every vale and winding fen And the roads of Faerûn still remember where they’d been [Verse] They carried humble torches through the valleys cold and long Past the cliffs of The Sword Coast, where the sea keeps its old song But a crown of iron shadow rose and dimmed the western sky And the banners of those wandering hearts were laid where heroes lie [Chorus] But hush now, rest easy Night only borrows the land No throne of shadow keeps it forever, No darkness tightens its hand The dawn is patient as mountains The tide will always return And somewhere quiet a small steady flame, Is learning the way it will burn [Verse] The towers of Waterdeep keep stories in their stone Of laughter in the marketplaces the fallen once had known Though the bells ring softer now beneath the sovereign’s reign Old courage sleeps like seeds that wait for gentle springtime rain [Bridge] So close your eyes and listen To the wind along the eaves It carries all the promises The night cannot deceive The world is wide and wounded But it turns the same as before And every turning brings the day Closer than the one before [Final Chorus] So sleep, my little lantern Let the quiet cradle you For dawn is never frightened, Of the longest night it knew The road remembers footsteps Even after they are gone And one day new brave hearts will rise, The way the sun climbs on
