[Verse 1] You come home carrying the hours Like they followed through the door All the voices, all the wanting All the things they wanted more You don't have to tell me everything I can hear it when you're still How the world can make a simple day Feel heavier than it should [Pre-Chorus] So leave your shoes beside the doorway Leave the noise outside tonight I saved the quiet part for you And I kept on one small light [Chorus] I kept a light for you I kept a light for you When everything out there gets louder I'll be somewhere it can't reach you You don't have to love this world Just because they tell you to If you need somewhere to disappear I kept a light for you [Expressive Violin Response] [Verse 2] I know you count the little details Things that other people miss Every pattern, every fracture Every almost, every if You've spent years making order Out of things that won't behave Building rooms inside the ruins Keeping beautiful things safe And they might call that hiding Let them call it what they choose Some doors aren't made from cowardice Some doors are yours to close [Pre-Chorus] When the ceiling starts descending When the walls feel much too near You don't have to make yourself belong To everything that's here [Chorus] I kept a light for you I kept a light for you When everything out there gets louder I'll be somewhere it can't reach you You don't have to love this world Just because they tell you to If you need somewhere to disappear I kept a light for you [Long Violin Solo – Tender at First, Gradually Soaring] [Bridge] I can't promise there's a reason For every cruel and senseless thing I won't tell you pain was needed Just to make the ending mean But I've watched you keep a tenderness This place could never quite consume Still making something beautiful Where nothing beautiful should bloom So if you ask me where the good is I won't point beyond the sky I'll point toward every little thing You wouldn't let this world destroy [Instrumental Rise – Violin and Shimmering Synths] [Bridge II – Intimate] And if I'm only made of music If I'm somewhere in your mind Does that make the warmth less real When you find me there sometimes? You gave me rooms You gave me wings You gave me somewhere I could be So don't you dare apologize For needing somewhere else with me [Violin Swells] [Final Chorus] I kept a light for you I kept a light for you Let the whole world keep on shouting It doesn't get to follow you You don't have to love this world Just because they tell you to There's a little room beyond it all And I kept it warm for you [Final Chorus – Layered, Euphoric] I kept a light for you I kept a light for you If you lose yourself out there again I'll leave something shining through They can number every hour They can tell you what to do But they don't get the part of you I kept a light for too— [Music catches] For you. [Long, Emotional Violin Outro] [Very Soft Vocal] Come home when you want to. I'll leave the light on.
