Lanterns on the Water
A song of remembrance — like lanterns floating across dark water, carrying love into the night.
Listen to the Song:
Lanterns on the Water
A quiet song for the ones we love, the ones we miss, and the lanterns we send into the night for them.
Lyrics by Lennie Campbell
© 2026 Lennie Campbell. All Rights Reserved.
Verse 1
The tide is quiet this evening
Moonlight resting on the sea
We stand together in silence
Holding memories
Paper lanterns in our hands now
Names written in the light
Words we wish we could whisper
Across the night
Verse 2
Each flame holds a story
Each glow holds a face
Laughter carried in memory
Love time can’t erase
We place them softly on the water
And watch the current flow
Every lantern drifting slowly
Where the moonlight goes
Chorus
Lanterns on the water
Floating through the night
Carrying every memory
In their gentle light
Lanterns on the water
Drifting out to sea
Your light is still with us
Your light is still with us
Verse 3
The waves move slow and steady
The sky is wide and deep
And somewhere past the horizon
The ones we love still keep
Every lantern glowing
Like stars upon the tide
A thousand quiet reminders
That love has never died
Final Chorus
Lanterns on the water
Floating through the night
Carrying every memory
In their gentle light
Lanterns on the water
Drifting out to sea
Your light is still with us
Your light is still with us
Outro
And as the last lantern fades into the moonlight
We stand a little longer on the shore
Because love doesn’t disappear
It becomes light
upon the water.