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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 (1)____________ the way I feel
Despite the light that you have shone
The dark has (2)____________ what I know
And I am (3)________________ to find my way out of it
I am trying so hard to forget
This (4)________________ aching feeling that stirs inside my chest
The fear in me always drags me down
The guilt I feel (5)________ 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 (6)________ is in your hands
And the (7)__________ 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 (8)__________ 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 (9)__________ 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 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 (10)________ with it

Answers:
(1) change(2) become(3) fighting(4) constant(5) will(6) that(7) mercy(8) holds(9) these(10) down