The Light Gets In

[intro – clean guitar arpeggio, distant feedback swell] Let it come. Let it go. Keep moving. [verse 1 – restrained male vocal, tight guitar pulse] I’ve been standing in the weather With my hands around a spark, Watching heaven split the pavement, Watching daylight learn the dark. There’s a siren in the silence, There’s a hymn inside the hurt. I’ve been trying not to feel it, But it only makes it worse. [pre-chorus – drums enter, guitars start to rise] Beauty hits like lightning, Terror comes like rain. I can’t stop the sky, So I’ll stop begging it to change. [chorus – full band crash, soaring vocal] When the heart breaks open, That’s how the light gets in. Through the bruises and the wreckage, Through the places I’ve been. Let everything happen, Let it tear, let it shine. I’ll keep walking through the fire With the storm inside. No feeling is final, No feeling is final tonight. [verse 2 – punchier rhythm, more grit] I’ve made enemies of moments, Built a cage around my chest. Called the ache a loaded weapon When it was just a passing guest. I’ve seen joy come like a wildfire, Seen grief sleep in my bed. But the voice beneath the wreckage Said, “You’re not finished yet.” [pre-chorus – bigger build] Beauty burns like headlights, Terror shakes the frame. I can’t stop the world, But I can walk through what it brings. [chorus – bigger, layered guitars] When the heart breaks open, That’s how the light gets in. Through the bruises and the wreckage, Through the places I’ve been. Let everything happen, Let it tear, let it shine. I’ll keep walking through the fire With the storm inside. No feeling is final, No feeling is final tonight. [bridge – clean guitar arpeggio, intimate vocal] Let the beautiful kill me softly. Let the terrible speak its name. Let the lonely pass through my body Like a train through endless rain. I don’t have to hold forever. I don’t have to be the stone. Every wave that tries to take me Leaves me closer to the shore. [build – drums swelling, vocal climbing] So come on, thunder. Come on, grace. Come on, all the things I was too afraid to face. Come on, sorrow. Come on, light. I am still alive, I am still alive. [final chorus – explosive, highest vocal lift, harmonies] When the heart breaks open, That’s how the light gets in. Through the bruises and the wreckage, Through the places I’ve been. Let everything happen, Let it tear, let it shine. I’ll keep walking through the fire With the storm inside. No feeling is final, No storm gets the final line. When the heart breaks open, That’s how the light gets in. I’m still here tonight. [outro – guitars ringing, drums fade into feedback] Let it come. Let it go. [final line – soft, resolved] The light gets in.