[Intro — soft fingerpicked guitar, distant haunting fiddle] Nobody knew the vices I hid Sneaky was the way we lived We were together again And nobody knew what was happening [Verse 1] My lover couldn’t tell My mother didn’t see My mind wasn’t well My body losing sleep Something strange happened I’d prayed for this before My belly became a home For something worth living for My husband was so happy Never again alone There were two little babies And a place to call our own [Pre-Chorus] Nothing felt so lasting Nothing I’d ever known I thought I’d found forever In the life that we had grown But sometimes moments pass And the darkness comes back home I prayed those moments wouldn’t last That I’d never feel alone [Chorus — haunting, melodic] Even when dark overtook black I could play this back When life changes fast Play this one more time back Daydreaming through Following the hope That seeds in me From the thought of you Oh, what love goes like What we grew The sweetest nights The quiet fears The silent years That brought me here to you [Verse 2] My body knew the seasons My mind could barely see I prayed that all the darkness Wasn’t coming back for me I prayed that I could hold enough That my mind could absorb Every little moment That I had been praying for And one day I could look back At everything we’d been And find a little sunshine In the places darkness lived [Pre-Chorus] Nothing felt so lasting Nothing I’d ever known I thought the things I’d prayed for Would finally feel like home But sometimes moments pass And the darkness comes again And all the things you thought would last Become the things you can’t defend [Chorus — fuller instrumentation, gentle harmonies] Even when dark overtook black I could play this back When life changes fast Play this one more time back Daydreaming through Following the hope That seeds in me From the thought of you Oh, what love goes like What we grew The sweetest nights The quiet fears The silent years That brought me here to you [Bridge — instruments fall away, raw vocals] Still sunshines shine to us We look as we shake away the pain We see the trust For those seconds, we feel no shame Just the pride in our name And the magic grown From ashes and dust From ashes and dust Oh, from ashes and dust [Verse 3 — slow, nostalgic] If I could play it backward Would I change a single thing? Would I still pray for forever Knowing what forever brings? Would I still believe the promises? Would I still believe in us? Would I still find all that magic Growing out of ashes and dust? And if the darkness found me Would I recognize the light? Would I know that even sunshine Couldn’t keep away the night? [Final Chorus — bittersweet, soaring fiddle] Even when dark overtook black I could play this back When life changes fast Play this one more time back The sweetest nights The quiet fears The silent years The passing years Still sunshines shine to us As we shake away the pain For those seconds, we feel no shame Just the pride in our name And the magic grown From ashes and dust [Outro — acoustic guitar, fading fiddle] Nobody knew the vices I hid Nobody knew the way we lived My lover couldn’t tell My mother didn’t see But somewhere in the darkness Two little lights found me And even when the darkness comes I know what grew from us The sweetest nights The quiet fears And the magic grown From ashes and dust.
