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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 know if I can change the way I feel
Despite the light that you have shone
The dark has become what I know
And I am fighting to find my way out of it
I am trying so hard to forget
This constant aching (1)______________ that (2)__________ (3)____________ my chest
The fear in me always drags me down
The guilt I feel will not let me get up again
I'm crushed by the weight
I was younger then, careless and innocent
I never thought my words could mean so much
But I am older now, I (4)____________ be screaming out
So why is it that I keep my mouth shut?
Why do I try so hard to forget
The forgiveness (5)________ is in your hands
And the mercy in your words?
You are calling me to (6)________ you and (7)________ rest
And leave (8)____________ the emptiness
That holds me in the dark
That holds me in the dark

I hope you can (9)________ me
I'll keep singing this song
Even if there's no air left
And dirt fills up these lungs
Please keep the lights on
I am (10)____________ to make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go down with it
Please keep the lights on
I am trying to make it home
The sun is sinking
But I won't go down with it

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

Answers:
(1) feeling(2) stirs(3) inside(4) should(5) that(6) seek(7) find(8) behind(9) hear(10) trying