[Intro] [sustained cello, ambient synth pads, distant clean guitar harmonics] [Verse 1] [breathy male vocals] I'll leave the beacon burning I'll guard the shore for you Though every wave grows colder I'll see the darkness through [distorted guitar swells beneath] I learned to stand where storms are born Holding hope against the sea While every tide kept stealing Another piece of me [Pre-Chorus] [snare rolls, rising guitar textures] I carried every silence Like an anchor in my chest You called me your salvation While I forgot to rest [Chorus] [full band, soaring vocals] I was the lighthouse in your endless rain The steady fire through your hurricane I held the night I held the flame Until I almost lost my name I kept the light alive for you Through every wave that crashed me down But who becomes the guiding light When mine can no longer be found? [Verse 2] [drums pull back, clean guitar, cello] Midnight found your shaking hands The door was open to the cold I gathered every broken breath Before the silence took its hold You leaned upon my weary soul Like winter leaning on the sea While every promise that I carried Left another crack in me [Pre-Chorus] The stronger that I looked The weaker I became Some heroes fade unnoticed Still carrying the flame [Chorus] [larger orchestration] I was the lighthouse in your endless rain The steady fire through your hurricane Every storm you brought ashore Asked a little more and more Still I kept the beacon high Though my own sky disappeared Who saves the soul that stayed behind When every light has vanished here? [Bridge] [half-time feel, heavy guitar riffs] A lighthouse never asks Who watches over him It simply burns Against the wind Until the glass grows thin If love means giving everything Then let these embers glow But every flame Must find the dawn Or finally let go [Guitar Solo] [melodic emotional solo, delay, wah, sustained bends] [Final Chorus] [maximum intensity] I was the lighthouse through your darkest sea The only light you ever chose to see Now every wave returns my name Across an empty, silent bay If I must fade Then let me know Somewhere another light will grow And though my beacon finally sleeps Love survives in what it keeps [Outro] [clean guitar arpeggios, cello] Who shelters those Who sheltered all? Who hears the keeper When he starts to fall? [long pause] Tonight I let the beacon rest... And somehow... That feels like peace.
