Darkness Glows

Not because the dark was gone

Not because the light had won

The darkness began to glow {intimate three-note piano motif,

chiming guitar harmonics}

Two heartbeats settled into one

Shadow moving through the sun

Every scar began to shine

Not erased, but finally mine I felt the current change its course

No longer fighting with its force What pulled me down now carried

me Through everything I couldn’t see

{low vocal shadows enter,

warm sub-bass swells} One taught me how to feel

One taught me to survive I needed every buried part

To make it out alive

{tension building, strings rising}

Now the darkness glows And the light can cast a shadow I

don’t have to let one go I was made to carry both

Now the darkness glows Through every broken part I know

I am deeper than before I was made to carry both

Carry both

Carry both I don’t have to choose anymore (carry

both) {powerful live toms,

wide dream-rock guitars, choir layers} The water opened overhead I heard the

words we never said They didn’t sound like chains today They sounded

like a path away The grief remained,

but changed its weight No longer pulling at my feet I carried

it against my chest And let the light carry the rest {guitars

recede, pulsing electronic beat return} I am not only what was broken

I am not only what escaped I am every truth unspoken I

am every step I made Let the darkness give me depth Let

the light reveal the road I don’t need to lose a half

To prove that I am whole {massive slow crescendo,

soaring vocals, sweeping strings} Dark in the light Light in the deep

Both in my blood Both belong to me

Truth in the wound

Hope in the scar

I know where I’ve been

I know who we are

{sudden beat drop, intimate sub-bass and close vocal only} Now the darkness

glows

And the light can cast a shadow I don’t have to let

one go

I was made to carry both Now the darkness glows

Through every broken part I know I am deeper than before

I was made to carry both

Carry both

Carry both I don’t have to choose anymore (carry both) {full ultimate

sonic release, wall of sound}

I rose until the surface

Became a mirror beneath my hands My reflection opened its mouth

first— (Call again)

{water rippling sounds, final piano motif fades,

cold water surface tension,

whispered words}