David Wilcox writes some really thought-provoking songs. Here's one I came across on YouTube today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8gnGnMElkM

SINGLE CANDLE
(David Wilcox)

At first you couldn't listen, and you held to your suspicion,
'Cause this new point of view seemed bold and strange;
But that simple truth's insistence melted your resistance,
'Till all at once you knew that what you knew must change.

CHORUS
A match will burn for long enough to light a single candle,
A candle only burns until the conversation's done;
And one bright conversation shines a light across a lifetime,
And your quick life had time enough to shine - like the sun.

Your search for easy answers only led to harder questions,
But you rose up when that simple faith fell through.
You were fearless in the rubble, you were shaking the foundations,
'Cause you weren't afraid to shatter what you thought you knew.

CHORUS 2
A match will burn for long enough to light a single candle,
A candle only burns until the conversation's done;
But one bright conversation shines a light across a lifetime,
And every life has time enough to shine - like the sun

A gentle revolution that could change a generation,
Your words can strike a match and light a flame;
And one by one the light spread through the people of a nation,
'Till the tyranny of hate would never be the same.
CHORUS 2

On that balcony in Memphis with a bullet through your body,
We heard you speak a strong and gentle prayer;
They try to kill the future, as if just a gun could stop you,
But the heart of you is beating everywhere.
CHORUS 2
Like the sun, like the sun, but your quick life has time enough to shine - like the sun.


FROM http://www.songlyrics.com/david-wilcox/single-candle-lyrics/#ebQjA85rMiA2EpTi.99 - with my corrections