Keep The Lights On by Close Your Eyes
Everything (1)________ I despise
Consumes me when I close my eyes
I don't know if I can change the way I feel
Despite the light that you have shone
The dark has become what I know
And I am fighting to find my way out of it
I am trying so hard to forget
This constant aching feeling that stirs inside my chest
The (2)________ in me always drags 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 (3)__________ thought my (4)__________ could (5)________ 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 leave behind the emptiness
That holds me in the dark
That holds me in the dark
I hope you can hear me
I'll (6)________ 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 (8)________ the lights on
I am (9)____________ to make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go (10)________ with it
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go down with it
Consumes me when I close my eyes
I don't know if I can change the way I feel
Despite the light that you have shone
The dark has become what I know
And I am fighting to find my way out of it
I am trying so hard to forget
This constant aching feeling that stirs inside my chest
The (2)________ in me always drags 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 (3)__________ thought my (4)__________ could (5)________ 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 leave behind the emptiness
That holds me in the dark
That holds me in the dark
I hope you can hear me
I'll (6)________ 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 (8)________ the lights on
I am (9)____________ to make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go (10)________ with it
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go down with it
Answers:
(1) that(2) fear(3) never(4) words(5) mean(6) keep(7) dirt(8) keep(9) trying(10) down