in a time when the words of the truth are not spoken there s a war there is hatred tearing us apart and the sea reaches high to horizons now broken and the world is so weary and fighting and lost you must go go on and stand in the light you will hear your soul singing stand in the light close your eyes and you ll see all that goodness can be it s love real love it doesn t matter what they say the sun will rise again today you must hurry and stand in a time when the seasons of life are so shaken and the pain of the world just keeps spinning around and the eyes of a child speak of danger awakened there is a hunger inside it s beginning to push hope aside you ve got to stand in the light feel your heart beat so clearly stand in the light where you know that the voices will hold you so tight all through the night you can send your fears away faith and hope are here to stay when you stand in the light we all ask the questions what where when and why you must believe inside your heart the answers lie why don t you reach for the hands of a mother who s fallen will you carry the load of your brother who s bound if you give of yourself you ll know joy and not sorrow and the world will remember why love is the way we must go come on and stand in the light you will hear your soul singing stand in the light close your eyes he will touch you and hold you so tight and make you right it doesn t matter what you ve done go to the father and the son you must hurry and stand