[Verse 1] I kept the kettle singing through the power cut Held my coat around the flame beneath the stair Your red scarf hung forgotten on the landing While rain came threading through the broken air I counted every breath against the sirens And watched the plaster loosen from the wall Then from the room where we had buried morning A thin white seam began to cross it all [Chorus] Dark turns to light Dark turns to light [Verse 2] The bus stop glass was starred with little fractures A paper cup rolled crooked by my shoe You said, "We have to leave before they find us" I said, "I know," and finally looked at you We took the back road past the shuttered bakery Your father's watch still ticking in my hand The dawn arrived without a grand announcement Just pale fields opening where we could stand [Chorus] Dark turns to light Dark turns to light [Bridge] I won't call the wreckage mercy I won't dress the hurt as fate But the door we thought was buried Still gives way beneath our weight [Climax] Dark turns to light Dark turns to light We were not made only for the leaving We were not made only for the night [Outro] Your hand in mine To light
