Standard (EADGBE)

We...in our present life...

knew...that the stars were right......

So if you are the first to go

You'll leave a sign to let me know

Oh, tell me so, please...

carry the lantern light........

You...cross the sea of night...

Free...from the spell of flight......

Your cloak you wear is a spirit shroud

You'll wake me in my sleeping hours

Like a cloud, please...

carry the lantern high........

Me...in my sorry plight...

you...waiting every night......

My face it turns a deathly pale

You're talking to me through your veil

I hear you wail, so please...

carry the lantern light........

The servants sleep, the doors are barred

You hear the stopping of my heart

You never part, so please...carry the lantern high!