Sanctuary

{soft piano arpeggios, distant ambient textures,

intimate clean vocals}

Out of nowhere, you came stepping in,

Made me remember how to smile again.

I took my chances,

I gave you my all,

Just promise you’ll catch me

whenever I fall.

I’ve been hiding where the daylight ends,

Living through the same old hurt again.

Then you opened up a window wide,

And let the morning find me inside.

{rising tension, swelling guitars} Be my shelter,

be my light, Keep me from disappearing tonight.

When the silence gets too loud,

Be the voice that pulls me out.

I don’t need you to erase the pain,

Just help me believe I can live again.

Hold my heart against the dark,

And keep alive this fragile spark.

{soaring emotional belts, thick distorted guitars} Every broken story

left its mark, Every old rerun kept me in the dark.

But when you found me,

something changed— For once,

tomorrow didn’t feel the same.

It’s a frightening kind of hope I feel,

Like something impossible becoming real.

I’m scared to trust it,

scared it won’t last,

But I don’t want to keep living in the past.

{heavier percussion, swelling guitars} Be my shelter,

be my light, Keep me from disappearing tonight.

When the silence gets too loud,

Be the voice that pulls me out.

I don’t need you to erase the pain,

Just help me believe I can live again.

Hold my heart against the dark,

And keep alive this fragile spark.

{post-hardcore intensity, soaring

vocals}

Maybe one day I’ll break the name They carved into me with

guilt and shame. Maybe I’ll finally learn to see I’m more than

everything that happened to me.

And if my flame begins to fade,

Remind me of the choice I made— To take your hand,

to face the night,

And keep on walking toward the light.

{strip back

to piano, exposed vocals} Be my shelter,

be my light, Stay with me through the longest night.

When the silence gets too loud,

Be the voice that pulls me out.

You don’t have to erase the pain,

You already helped me breathe again.

Hold my heart against the dark,

And guard this small eternal spark.

{massive explosion, full band,

choir textures}

Out of nowhere,

you came stepping in,

And that is where my life begins.

{soft piano return, instruments fade to warm ambience}