[Verse 1] The evening comes in quiet through the frame Lays its shadow gently over everything I know that kind of hunger, know its name How it settles in and makes a home of me So I leave the kettle singing on the stove Put your picture crooked by the hallway light Strike a match inside the ordinary cold Make a little gold against the night [Pre-Chorus] We are small, I know But small can still burn bright [Chorus] Hold on, hold on When the night feels long We’ve got little lights To lead us on And when it gets too much When it breaks your heart We’ve got little lights In the dark [Verse 2] There are days the sky sits low enough to touch And every step feels harder than it should Like carrying a river in your lungs Trying to call it living when it pulls But you open up the curtains anyway Water all the plants and let the morning in Say, “Stay with me, we only need today” And somehow that is where the strength begins [Pre-Chorus] We are tired, it’s true Still we lean into the flame [Chorus] Hold on, hold on When the night feels long We’ve got little lights To lead us on And when it gets too much When it breaks your heart We’ve got little lights In the dark [Bridge] I won’t say the hurt gets easier Some nights it nearly pulls us under But there’s a candle on the windowsill A streetlight spilling through the dark And the sound of you still saying my name Is enough to bring me back to life [Final Chorus] (Hold on, hold on) Hold on, hold on When the night feels long We’ve got little lights To lead us on And when it gets too much When it breaks your heart We’ve got little lights In the dark [Final Chorus Repeat] (We’ve got little lights) Hold on, hold on When the night feels long We’ve got little lights To lead us on And when it gets too much When it breaks your heart We’ve got little lights In the dark
