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 light that you have shone
The dark has become what I know
And I am (1)________________ to find my way out of it
I am trying so hard to forget
This constant aching feeling that stirs inside my chest
The fear 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 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 (2)________ to forget
The forgiveness (3)________ is in (4)________ hands
And the mercy in (5)________ 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 keep singing this song
Even if there's no air left
And dirt fills up these lungs
Please (6)________ 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 make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go (7)________ with it
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go (8)________ (9)________ 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 (1)________________ to find my way out of it
I am trying so hard to forget
This constant aching feeling that stirs inside my chest
The fear 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 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 (2)________ to forget
The forgiveness (3)________ is in (4)________ hands
And the mercy in (5)________ 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 keep singing this song
Even if there's no air left
And dirt fills up these lungs
Please (6)________ 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 make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go (7)________ with it
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go (8)________ (9)________ it
Answers:
(1) fighting(2) hard(3) that(4) your(5) your(6) keep(7) down(8) down(9) with