The Light I Shine On You Lyrics

My father was too weak to parry the blade As death's scythe swept through the house one night When we were busy doing other things Dust filled his mouth and stopped his breath And ...Read Full Lyrics

His hair was bible black, face like a priest His fingers clutched the precious box and silent as a dream He hid behind the dark sunglasses You caught your breath You thought he was...Read Full Lyrics

The father giveth, and the father taketh away Johanna prays in her bed He drinks his beer to the TV chatter Thinks dark thoughts in his head When the house that he keeps with his h...Read Full Lyrics

I drop a stone into the ocean Every choice another turn of the screw Another wheel set in motion With every single thing I do It's there in the air that I breathe It's in my whispe...Read Full Lyrics

So there I stood, square on my side of the great divide A message came across a void And for the first time in my life I'm awake, I'm alive I thought I was immune to this Till I ...Read Full Lyrics

So, this is the cage that I built Why I built it I don't know It's bars made of anger and guilt, no lock But somehow it just wouldn't let me go All hail the messenger of love I go...Read Full Lyrics

In my perfect world There's no need to right the wronged Laid down my burden I know I did not carry the weight Not sure to who responsibility belonged I turned a blind eye While ...Read Full Lyrics

I can see her at her windows watching, Locked away inside her skin, I can see her but I can't get to her, she won't come out, And she won't let me into The white room (she's livin...Read Full Lyrics

He lifted her face from the pillow and said, "Baby such is life" And then he pushed his suitcase out through the door And give'm something to talk about The door slammed, left a sc...Read Full Lyrics

I tell you honestly: don't you go and throw your heart away I know it's so hard to do You've got to let go when you want to hold on I know how much you miss him; celebrate what you...Read Full Lyrics