Sugar Skulls in the Rain

I painted gold

Over the cracks in the wall

Wore a bright mask

When I heard the sorrow call

Every old bruise

Still remembers my name

But I still feel the smoke

And I fan the flame

If the dark wants my owl, it can wait in the rain

I keep a spark in my pocket, I keep joy in my veins

I won't let lost in the night

I wear my memory like a light

Paint joy over sorrow

Let it shine, let it burn

From the weight of the fallen

I keep rising, I return

I won't let loss fill the night

No, I won't let it take my sight

With a black mask on my face

And a choir in my chest

I sing through the ruin, I sing my best

There were names in the doorway, there were shadows in the hall

There were echoes like thunder when I thought I'd lost it all

But the beat of my body kept pulling me near

To the heat of tomorrow, to the edge of my field

Now the edges are glowing where the worm used to stay

And the past ain't the lantern, not a chain on my way

I won't let lost in the night

I'll wear my memory like a light

Paint joy over sorrow, let it shine, let it burn

From the weight of the fallen, I keep rising out of time

I won't let loss fill the night

No, I won't let it take my sight

With a bright mask on my face and a choir in my chest

I sing through the ruin, I sing my best

Let the heartbreak ring, let it shake the wires

I'll stand in the tremble and feed it fire

What was broken can glow

What was buried can breathe

I am more than the emptiness clinging to me

I won't let lost in the night

I'll wear my memory like a light

Paint joy over sorrow

Let it shine, let it burn

Every scar is a signal

Every tear is a turn

I won't lie lost in the night

I was made for the fight

With a bright mask on my face

And the whole room awake

I rise in the echo

I rise for love's sake