Marigold Lanterns After Midnight

When the dust begins to bloom in gold

I light the path for the ones I hold

Marigold lanterns in the velvet air

Whispering, come home, we'll meet you there

Guide them home, guide them home

Through the night where the candle flames roam

With every flower and every prayer

Love finds the doorway and you are there

Guide them home, guide them home

We remember you with hearts that glow

Not with sorrow but joy in the dark

You live in the music, you live in the spark

I set your picture by the halter light

And your laughter warms the cold blue night

Sugar skull colors and a tender breeze

Move like a memory from the trees

The bread is sweet, the water is clear

And I can feel your footsteps near

In every face that the moon restored

I find your smile in a thousand doors

Guide them home, guide them home

Through the night where the candle flames roam

With every flower and every prayer

Love finds the doorway and you are there

Guide them home, guide the home

We remember you with hearts that glow

Not with sorrow but joy in the dark

You live in the music, you live in the spark

No goodbye can break the thread

Of the words we kept, the songs we said

These marigolds to the sky

And that your names keep flying high

Guide them home

Guide them home

Through the night where the kindle flames roam

Hand in hand with the seas and stars

You are never gone

You are who we are

Guide them home

Guide the home

We remember you with hearts that glow

In the tender light of the alter fame

Love calls you softly by your name