Light in the Quiet

I kept a little silence in my pocket

For the days when the road felt long

Soft light on the edge of the window

Telling me I was never gone

I learned how to carry the hard miles

With a hand on a trembling heart

Every scar was a map to the moment

Every end was a way to start

And I'm grateful for the breaks in the storm

For the nights that taught me how to hold on

Bittersweet, but I'm still standing warm

If a little hope in every song

I was lost, now I look here in the glow

Still tender, still ready to grow

And if the dark comes back around

I'll know how to light myself now

There were names I could never keep near me

There were dreams that I had to release

But the love that remained in the quiet

Fell to harm, not a longing in peace

And I'm grateful for the breaks in the storm

For the nights that taught me how to hold on

Bittersweet, but I'm still standing warm

With a little hope in every song

Hours lost, now I'm here in the glow

Still tender, still ready to grow

And if the dark comes back around

I'll know how to love myself now

So I bleed with the weight of the memory

And I let it move through me slow

What was cracked can still catch the sunrise

What was lost can still end a glow

And I'm grateful for the breaks in the storm

For the nights that taught me how to hold on

Bittersweet, but I'm still

Standing one with a little hope and happy song

I was lost, now I'm here in the glow

Still tender, still ready to grow

And as the dark comes back around

I'll know how to light myself now