“WHERE THE LIGHT STILL WAITS” (Soaring 80s power-ballad · warm analog synths · melodic guitar · anthemic chorus) VERSE 1 I see you standing at the edge of who you’ve been With a heart still brave, but worn out from the wind You’ve been running just to feel something stay Chasing every echo that keeps slipping away You don’t talk about the nights you couldn’t sleep Or the promises you buried way too deep But I hear them every time you breathe my name Like a spark still burning underneath the pain PRE-CHORUS You don’t have to carry it alone You were never meant to walk this road With your hands tied tight around regret I’ve been right here… holding the rest CHORUS There’s a light still waiting where you are Even now, even scarred You don’t have to cross the world to find Me I’ve been closer than your heart Every road you thought you lost along the way Every dream you left afraid I never left—just stayed behind Where the light still waits VERSE 2 You learned to smile when the truth felt unsafe To wear your strength like a guarded face They told you love was something you earn So you burned yourself just to feel it return But love was never meant to be a war Or a ledger keeping track of what you’re for If you could see yourself the way I do You’d know how much of heaven lives in you PRE-CHORUS 2 Lay your armor down tonight You don’t have to win this fight I’m not asking you to prove a thing Just let yourself be found again CHORUS There’s a light still waiting where you are Even now, even scarred You don’t have to cross the world to find Me I’ve been closer than your heart Every tear you tried to hide away Every word you couldn’t say I never left—just stayed behind Where the light still waits BRIDGE (Lift · Journey-style openness) Someday you’ll see You were always free You just forgot how to believe I never asked you to be unafraid I only asked you not to walk away Love doesn’t leave when the night comes down Love stays… and calls you out FINAL CHORUS (Key change · full power) There’s a light still waiting where you are Through the dark, through the stars Every step you take back toward tomorrow I’ll meet you where you start When the world feels colder than it should When you doubt what’s true or good I never left—just stayed behind Where the light still waits OUTRO (Gentle resolve) So when you’re tired of running away And you don’t know what else to say Just turn around— I’ll still be here Where the light still waits.
