Song Description

A group of people putting on an American Cancer Society Relay for Life approached me to write a song for their Luminaria (candle lighting) ceremony. We put the words to the chorus on a screen right before lighting candles in honor of survivors of Cancer,

Lyrics

There's a Circle
Ac 2008 by Steve Mason

There are times we
Feel downhearted
And we swear... we walk alone

And we search for
Any sign that
We might find our pathway home

Now there's something
Oh so lovely
Like stars in (a crystal) the clearest night

When I'm reminded
The deepest darkness
Can by lit with just one candle's light

(CHORUS)
There's a circle
And we're a part of
Hand in hand
It glows with love

In this circle
There's strength in numbers
As we rise
To lift each other up

With the help of
Sisters and brothers
And friends I've never known

They give me strength
To face the future
They lift me up so I'm never alone

CHORUS

EVERY BREATH, EVERY STEP,
EVERY HEARTBEAT IN MY CHEST,

CHORUS

Come the morning
Bright and cleansing
It gonna' warm from the outside in

But nothing shines so
Oh so brightly
As the light that shines within

CHORUS

We rise, we rise, with love (3x's)