Nightlight

Room too quiet, thoughts too loud Every shadow’s closing in now Swear I felt something brush past me in the dark I tell myself it’s nothing, but I can’t ignore my heart Closet door still hanging wide Like it knows I’m terrified Used to think there’s something hiding there Now I feel it breathing, in the air Same fear, just a different face Got older, but it never went away When the world falls fast asleep That’s when it comes for me Leave the nightlight on for me I’m afraid of what I can’t see When the silence cuts too deep It starts pulling at my seams Keep a little glow nearby Just enough to feel alright Cause the older that I get I’m scared of what’s inside I’m scared of what’s inside... No more footsteps down the hall No one left to hear me call Now it’s just me drowning in my head And the voices never rest Wide awake, the ceiling stares Like it knows that I’m not there Every second stretching out While the dark fills me with doubt Same silence, heavier now Hits me harder, don’t know how But it finds me every time Somewhere deep inside my mind Leave the nightlight on for me I’m afraid of what I can’t see When the silence cuts too deep It starts pulling at my seams Keep a little glow nearby Just enough to feel alright Cause the older that I get I’m scared of what’s inside I’m scared of what’s inside... I’m scared of what’s inside... It’s not monsters anymore It’s every truth I can’t ignore Every scar I tried to hide Every piece I left behind I outgrew what scared me then But now it lives beneath my skin Leave the nightlight on for me I’m afraid of what I can’t see When the silence cuts too deep It starts pulling at my seams Keep a little glow nearby Just enough to feel alright Cause the older that I get I’m scared of what’s inside Just a little light… Just a little light…