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Keep The Lights On by Close Your Eyes

Everything that I despise
Consumes me when I close my eyes
I don't (1)________ if I can change the way I feel
Despite the light that you have shone
The dark has become (2)________ I know
And I am (3)________________ to find my way out of it
I am trying so (4)________ to forget
This constant aching feeling (5)________ stirs inside my chest
The fear in me always (6)__________ me down
The (7)__________ I feel will not let me get up again
I'm crushed by the weight
I was younger then, (8)________________ and innocent
I never thought my words could (9)________ so much
But I am (10)__________ now, I should be screaming out
So why is it that I keep my (11)__________ shut?
Why do I try so hard to forget
The forgiveness that is in your hands
And the mercy in (12)________ words?
You are (13)______________ me to (14)________ you and find rest
And leave (15)____________ the emptiness
That (16)__________ me in the dark
That (17)__________ me in the dark

I hope you can hear me
I'll (18)________ singing this song
Even if there's no air left
And dirt fills up these lungs
Please (19)________ the (20)____________ on
I am trying to (21)________ it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go (22)________ with it
Please keep the lights on
I am trying to make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go (23)________ with it

The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
The sun is sinking
I won't go down with it

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