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Keep The Lights On by Close Your Eyes

Everything that I despise
Consumes me when I close my eyes
I don't know if I can change the way I feel
Despite the (1)__________ that you have shone
The dark has become (2)________ I know
And I am fighting to find my way out of it
I am trying so hard to forget
This (3)________________ aching feeling that stirs inside my chest
The fear in me always (4)__________ me down
The guilt I feel will not let me get up again
I'm crushed by the weight
I was younger then, careless and innocent
I never thought my words could mean so much
But I am older now, I should be screaming out
So why is it that I keep my mouth shut?
Why do I try so hard to forget
The forgiveness that is in your hands
And the mercy in your words?
You are calling me to seek you and find rest
And (5)__________ behind the emptiness
That (6)__________ me in the dark
That holds me in the dark

I hope you can hear me
I'll keep singing this song
Even if there's no air left
And (7)________ fills up these lungs
Please keep the lights on
I am trying to make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go down with it
Please keep the lights on
I am trying to (8)________ it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go down with it

The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go (9)________ with it

Answers:
(1) light(2) what(3) constant(4) drags(5) leave(6) holds(7) dirt(8) make(9) down