Lyric discussion by purpletoad 

Cover art for The Lantern lyrics by Rolling Stones, The

This song tells of lovers -- a love written in the stars. She's passed on, and he beckons her return when it's his time to die, so that he can die not alone but with her at his side, and they can be together into eternity as destiny would wish it. The lantern is a metaphor for their love.

@purpletoad Works for homosexual lovers as well as for heterosexuals.