Keep The Lights On by Close Your Eyes
Everything that I despise
Consumes me (1)________ I close my eyes
I don't know if I can change the way I feel
Despite the light that you have shone
The (2)________ 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 (3)________ 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 (5)________ words?
You are calling me to seek you and find rest
And (6)__________ behind the emptiness
That holds me in the dark
That holds me in the dark
I hope you can hear me
I'll (7)________ singing this song
Even if there's no air left
And dirt 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 (8)________ with it
Please keep the (9)____________ on
I am trying to make 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 down with it
Consumes me (1)________ I close my eyes
I don't know if I can change the way I feel
Despite the light that you have shone
The (2)________ 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 (3)________ 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 (5)________ words?
You are calling me to seek you and find rest
And (6)__________ behind the emptiness
That holds me in the dark
That holds me in the dark
I hope you can hear me
I'll (7)________ singing this song
Even if there's no air left
And dirt 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 (8)________ with it
Please keep the (9)____________ on
I am trying to make 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 down with it
Answers:
(1) when(2) dark(3) that(4) drags(5) your(6) leave(7) keep(8) down(9) lights