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)__________ (2)________ you (3)________ 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 fear in me always (4)__________ me down
The (5)__________ 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 (6)________ hands
And the mercy in your words?
You are calling me to seek you and find rest
And leave behind the emptiness
That (7)__________ 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 keep the lights on
I am (8)____________ 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 (9)________ with it
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go down (10)________ it
Consumes me when I close my eyes
I don't know if I can change the way I feel
Despite the (1)__________ (2)________ you (3)________ 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 fear in me always (4)__________ me down
The (5)__________ 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 (6)________ hands
And the mercy in your words?
You are calling me to seek you and find rest
And leave behind the emptiness
That (7)__________ 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 keep the lights on
I am (8)____________ 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 (9)________ with it
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go down (10)________ it
Answers:
(1) light(2) that(3) have(4) drags(5) guilt(6) your(7) holds(8) trying(9) down(10) with