Light Left On

The evening settles on the street,

Orange lights

beneath my

feet. The ocean’s somewhere past the hill,

And for once, my mind is still.

I used to leave the window open

For a voice that never came.

Kept a place beside the fire

Like loneliness had a name.

I thought love meant staying ready,

Even when the room went cold.

Thought if I could hold on longer,

You might finally come home.

But tonight I’m not waiting.

I’m just watching the sky.

There’s a kind of freedom

That doesn’t need goodbye.

I don’t have to chase the morning,

I don’t have to force the dawn.

Some things end without a warning,

Some things leave and still move on.

So I’ll leave the light on,

But not for you.

It’s for the girl inside me

Who made it through.

I’ll leave the light on,

Soft against the dark.

Not a signal, not a promise,

Just a little place to start.

If you ever wonder where I went,

I’m somewhere breathing free.

The light I leave on tonight Is finally for me.

(ooh) Tuesday came in slowly,

With the rain against the glass.

I made coffee for one person

And I didn’t call it sad.

There are ghosts inside the kitchen,

There are memories in the hall.

But they don’t get to tell me Who I am anymore.

I learned the difference Between missing and needing.

Between holding someone close

And slowly disappearing.

Now the house can hear my footsteps,

Now the walls can hear me sing.

I don’t need another person

To decide what peace can mean.

So I’ll leave the light on,

But not for you.

It’s for the heart inside me

That finally grew.

I’ll leave the light on,

Soft against the dark.

Not a signal, not a promise,

Just a little place to start.

If you ever wonder where I went,

I’m somewhere breathing free.

The light I leave on tonight Is finally for me. (ahhhh)

Hindi ko kailangang bumalik,

Sa lugar na nawala ako.

Pwede kong mahalin ang alaala,

Nang hindi na ako susuko.

I can miss you without reaching.

I can love without losing me.

Ang puso ko’y hindi kulungan,

It was always meant to be free.

Reach. Catch. Pull. But this time,

I pull toward home.

Reach. Catch. Pull. I don’t have to do it alone.

So I’ll leave the light on,

But not for you.

It’s for every broken morning I kept walking through.

I’ll leave the light on,

Let it warm the room.

Let it touch the empty spaces Where I thought I needed you.

And if tomorrow brings somebody,

I won’t ask them to complete me.

They can sit beside the fire,

But the fire belongs to me. (ooh)

The street is quiet.

The sky is wide.

Tuesday peace is on my side.

No more waiting by the door.

No more asking what for.

I leave the light on.

Not because I’m waiting.

Because I’m home.