INTRO — detuned acoustic / distant piano] Keep the light on. Just tonight. I know there’s nothing there. …I know. [VERSE 1] There’s a shape where the hallway ends I’ve watched it disappear again Every time the house goes black I feel the mattress push me back I leave the television low Just enough to make a glow Funny what you start to see When shadows look too much like me [PRE-CHORUS] I’m too old To be afraid So why do I still Count the steps I hear? [CHORUS — huge, beautiful melody] KEEP THE LIGHT ON Don’t leave me here alone I know there’s nothing in the dark But something followed me home KEEP THE LIGHT ON Until I close my eyes Because every time the room goes black— Something inside me comes alive [VERSE 2] I know the ceiling I know the cracks I know which shadows Should come back But there’s one beside the bedroom door That wasn’t there the night before I whisper— “You’re not real.” [SECOND VOICE] Neither are you. I laugh… But not because it’s funny. [PRE-CHORUS] Maybe fear Is just a room And I’ve been living In it too long Maybe darkness Isn’t empty Maybe that’s Where I belong [CHORUS] KEEP THE LIGHT ON Don’t leave me here alone I know there’s nothing in the dark But something followed me home KEEP THE LIGHT ON Until I close my eyes Because every time the room goes black— Something inside me comes alive [BRIDGE — stripped / vulnerable] Dad said monsters weren’t real. I believed him. For a while. Then I grew up And learned something worse— [silence] They don’t need to be. [FINAL CHORUS — cracked, emotional vocal] KEEP THE LIGHT ON Even if I sleep There are things the morning takes away And things… the morning keeps KEEP THE LIGHT ON Don’t ask me what I saw I’m not afraid of what’s inside this room— I’M AFRAID THERE’S NOTHING THERE AT ALL [OUTRO — acoustic guitar / piano] Keep the light on… [SECOND VOICE, distant] Why? [light switch]
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