The Light Lyrics

Imagine

A white house

All concrete

Not brick

Concrete

Dreary

It looks like chalk

A broken home

Literally

There are cracks in the concrete

Inside the house is dim

You feel like you're trapped there

Like there's no escape

Like you'll die there

But every once in a while

The light

From outside seeps through the cracks

And gives you hope

That's where I was raised

These four walls feel like a padded cell

I'm all alone now, no one to ask for help

Wanna go home now, I'm mad as hell

They just got the phone call, my dad's in jail

They don't have to tell me it's a DUI

I'm just a kid, but I can read between the lines

My old man's an alcoholic, I can see the signs

They tell me this is where I have to sleep tonight

No, I wanna go home. "But you are home"

I guess this is home until tomorrow

But if tomorrow never comes, will they feel sorrow?

It's an honest question. I lost direction

I put the knife up to my wrist but upon reflection

I realized this isn't how I wanna exit

You can see the scars still if you look close

Guess it's a hard pill, but I took both

I can see the light through the cracks in the concrete

I can see the sun through this hole in the wall

In the wintertime, I hope the snow doesn't fall

'Cause we don't have heat if the stove isn't on

But I can see the light through the cracks in the concrete

I can see the sun through this hole in the wall

It gives me hope when I'm supposed to be strong

It lets me know I'll find a home and belong

These four walls feel like they're cavin' in

It doesn't help at all that they're paper thin

I can hear every word that you say to him

His voice is raised, better pray he never raised his fist

I lock my door and I play pretend

Turn the music up until it's safe again

I wrote a couple songs, tryin' to make it big

But I just got picked on for my pasty skin

I wanna tell him fuck you but I'm too young to

Even though I want to, no one to talk to

Everyone is gone and they don't know what I've gone through

But I know they went through worse than me

I get so mad that it hurts to breathe

I spent my whole life trying to search for peace

But growing up all I heard was screams

And I thought I'd get hurt if I turned the cheek, but

I can see the light through the cracks in the concrete

I can see the sun through this hole in the wall

In the wintertime, I hope the snow doesn't fall

'Cause we don't have heat if the stove isn't on

But I can see the light through the cracks in the concrete

I can see the sun through this hole in the wall

It gives me hope when I'm supposed to be strong

It lets me know I'll find a home and belong

These four walls feel like they're closin' in

Stuck between despair and hopelessness

No one seems to care or notice it

I don't think I can bare to shoulder this

Weight or cope with it. It's hard to hide denial

Home is where the heart is, by a mile

Even through the hardship, I try to smile

I've been livin' in the darkness for quite a while

But I can see the light through the cracks

I can see the lies from the past

I could see my life as it flashed

Right before my eyes as I gasped and I tried not to crash

125 on the dash. I'ma close my eyes and relax, no seat belt

I'ma fly till the wax on my wings melt

But the light through the cracks, I can see well

I can see the light through the cracks in the windshield

I can see the sky through this hole in the door

In the meantime, I hope my soul isn't torn

'Cause you can't have peace if your soul is at war

But I can see the light through the cracks in the windshield

I can see the sky through this hole in the door

It lets me know that there's supposed to be more

It helps me grow like a rose full of thorns