This is very much a song about social consciousness, social justice, and social action, one of the great themes of the Jewish religious tradition. And here are the lyrics:
Let that message ring out loud and clear, during the Festival of Lights, and beyond:
Light one candle for the Maccabee childrenWith thanks that their light didn't dieLight one candle for the pain they enduredWhen their right to exist was deniedLight one candle for the terrible sacrificeJustice and freedom demandBut light one candle for the wisdom to knowWhen the peacemaker's time is at hand
Don't let the light go out!It's lasted for so many years!Don't let the light go out!Let it shine through our love and our tears.
Light one candle for the strength that we needTo never become our own foeAnd light one candle for those who are sufferingPain we learned so long agoLight one candle for all we believe inThat anger not tear us apartAnd light one candle to find us togetherWith peace as the song in our hearts
Don't let the light go out!It's lasted for so many years!Don't let the light go out!Let it shine through our love and our tears.
What is the memory that's valued so highlyThat we keep it alive in that flame?What's the commitment to those who have diedThat we cry out they've not died in vain?We have come this far always believingThat justice would somehow prevailThis is the burden, this is the promiseThis is why we will not fail!
Don't let the light go out!It's lasted for so many years!Don't let the light go out!Let it shine through our love and our tears!Don't let the light go out!Don't let the light go out!Don't let the light go out!
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