Shine on, brighter than the sun,

Live for every moment, before the moment's gone,

We shine on you and me tonight,

Way across the universe, burning like a fire in the night…



I was looking at a photograph,

Taken in a garden long before the war,

And out on the lawn,

There were old men and dogs and little children,

All of them gone forever;



There were people by the waterside,

Standing in the same place where I am today;

Nothing has changed - but you know,

That time is moving like a river,

It can only be love forever;



We shine on, brighter than the sun,

Live for every moment, before the moment's gone

We shine on, you and me tonight,

Way across the universe,

Burning like a fire in the night;



There are those who can never cross,

The space between a father and a son,

When they are young,

We must say all the words that should be spoken,

Before they are lost forever;



And I was looking at a photograph,

Taken from a window way above the world,

We've got to learn,

We must leave here a garden for our children,

When we are gone forever;



We shine on, brighter than the sun,

Live for every moment, before the moment's gone

We shine on, you and me tonight,

Way across the universe,

Burning like a fire in the night;

Leave here a garden

Leave here a new world

Shine on