[INTRO - one clean guitar, distant room tone] [Female 3 - close] There's a lantern by the doorway Someone left it burning low Every scratch across the metal Is a road somebody knows [VERSE 1 - intimate handoffs] [Female 4] Boots beneath the table Still wet from yesterday [Female 3] A map covered in little marks Where somebody found a way [Female 1 - soft] A chair nobody sits in. [Female 5] A name we still remember. [Female 4] A healer washing red away Long after everyone went home [PRE-CHORUS - gradual lift] [Female 3] Not the treasure [Female 4] Not the praise [Female 1] Not how many doors we break [Female 5] When the dark gets deep There's one thing I need to know— [CHORUS - warm, wide] [ALL] BRING THE LIGHT HOME Even if your hands are shaking BRING THE LIGHT HOME Even if the road is breaking Through the dark Through the stone NO ONE WALKS THAT ROAD ALONE If you carry the light— BRING THE LIGHT HOME [POST-CHORUS - quiet echo] [Female 3] Bring the light— [ALL] HOME. [VERSE 2 - fuller pulse] [Female 4] Maybe you're the one in armor Maybe healing is your trade [Female 3] Maybe you're the nervous scout Who checks the same knot every day [Female 1] Good. Check again. [Female 4] Maybe all you have's a hammer Maybe all you know is bread [Female 5] You don't need to swing a weapon To keep somebody fed [Female 2 - restrained rap] There are a hundred kinds of courage Most will never make a song Sometimes courage sounds like "We're too hurt. We're going home." [PRE-CHORUS - stronger] [Female 3] Know your strength [Female 4] Know your fear [Female 2] Know the reason You are here [Female 5] When the dark gets deep There's one thing I need to know— [CHORUS - stacked harmonies] [ALL] BRING THE LIGHT HOME Even if your hands are shaking BRING THE LIGHT HOME Even if the road is breaking Through the dark Through the stone NO ONE WALKS THAT ROAD ALONE If you carry the light— BRING THE LIGHT HOME [RAP BREAK - restrained, deliberate] [Female 1] Count one Count two Count every voice coming through Check the rear Check the wounded Make sure every name is true No shortcut worth a body No treasure worth a friend Clearing every floor means nothing If nobody's there at the end [Female 2 - tightening] Learn the monster Learn the road Learn how far your strength can go Carry medicine and water Carry more than sharpened steel Know the difference Between fear And knowing when the wounds are real Clear the dungeon Clear the way Then turn around and count again Victory isn't reaching it. [Female 1] Victory is— [ALL] COMING BACK WITH THEM. [BREAK - silence] [Female 5] Bring the light— [ALL] HOME. [BRIDGE - nearly bare] [Female 3] Someday we'll reach the final stair [Female 4] And whatever waits is there [Female 1] Maybe another sky. [Female 2] Maybe nothing. [Female 5] I don't care. [Female 5 - exposed] If I reach the final stair And turn around— I want you there. [Silence] [ALL - unaccompanied] I WANT YOU THERE. [BUILD - heartbeat kick enters] [Female 3] One light. [Female 4] Then another. [Female 1] Then another. [Female 2] Look around. [Female 5] We're still here. [FINAL CHORUS - enormous] [ALL] BRING THE LIGHT HOME! Even if your hands are shaking BRING THE LIGHT HOME! Even if the whole road's breaking Through the dark Through the stone NO ONE WALKS THAT ROAD ALONE! Floor by floor Side by side Get stronger Don't forget why Protect the people Clear the way And bring everybody home again Raise it high Let the whole world know LAST LANTERN— BRING THE LIGHT HOME! [FINAL CROWD CALL - instruments falling away] [Female 4] Who do we protect? [ALL] THE PEOPLE! [Female 2] How far do we go? [ALL] EVERY FLOOR! [Female 3] And when it's done? [ALL] WE COME HOME! [OUTRO - a cappella] [Female 5] If you carry the light— [ALL - soft] Bring the light home.
