[Intro] Hold on Hold on When the darkness comes [Verse 1] I kept your note in my coat pocket Folded soft from the rain Your name still bends in my mouth Like a match in the wind I walked home past the bakery Saw the same blue door And I swore I heard you laugh From the floor above [Verse 2] When the darkness comes, I don’t run I light one candle and stay I let the hard things say their part Then I let them fade Your old chair still leans by the window Cup ring in the wood I trace the edge with my thumb Like you said I would [Verse 3] Now the darkness comes, but it knows me Knows my face, knows my hands I’ve been learning how to stand here Even when I can’t There’s a spark in the bruise-colored evening There’s a pulse in the black And I hear your voice in the quiet Say, “keep coming back” [Bridge] If I break, I break in motion If I fall, I fall through I was made from a little bit of fire And a whole lot of you So I breathe in the heavy air I let it pass right through When the darkness comes again I’ll be waiting too [Outro] Hold on Hold on When the darkness comes Hold on Hold on I’m still standing here
