The Lantern and the Sutra

Instrumental Intro

Chant

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Verse 1

Fog crawls across the frozen lake

The pines bend low like monks who pray

I walk a path no map has known

A lantern swinging in my hand

The mountain swallows all my names

Pre-Chorus

Gate gate paragate

Gate gate paragate

Chorus

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Carry me beyond the shore

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Where the hungry ghosts no longer call

Chant

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Verse 2

A raven speaks in ancient tongues

The river runs with borrowed blood

I offer rice and broken coins

To every spirit I have wronged

The old ones nod from hollow trees

Pre-Chorus

Gate gate paragate

Gate gate paragate

Chorus

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Carry me beyond the shore

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Where the hungry ghosts no longer call

Bridge

Form is emptiness

Emptiness is form

Samsara spins its wheel

I bow before the storm

Form is emptiness

Emptiness is form

Breakdown

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Chorus

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Carry me beyond the shore

Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum

Where the hungry ghosts no longer call

Outro

Gate gate paragate

Parasamgate bodhi svaha

Gate gate paragate

Parasamgate bodhi svaha