text: Light one candle for the Maccabee children
  Give thanks that their light didnt die!
  Light one candle for the pain they endured
  When their right to exist was denied!
  Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice
  Justice and freedom demand!
  And light one candle for the wisdom to know
  When the peacemakers time is at hand!
  Chorus:
  Dont let the light go out!
  Its lasted for so many years!
  Dont let the light go out!
  Let it shine through our love and our tears. 
  Light one candle for the strength we all need
  To never become our own foe!
  And light one candle for those who are suffring
  Pain we learned so long ago!
  Light one candle for all we believe in
  Let anger not tear us apart!
  And light one candle to bind us together
  With peace as the song in our heart!
  What is the memory thats valued so highly
  That we keep it alive in that flame?
  Whats the commitment to those who have died
  When we cry out theyve not died in vain
  We have come this far, always believing
  That justice will somehow prevail!
  This is the burning. This is the promise
  This why we will not fail!
  Dont let the light go out!
  Dont let the light go out!
  Dont let the light go out!