Brief as Sparks (Let The Light Come Through)
Under the blackened branches
A silver river bends
Ash settles on the flowers Where
every ending ends
I hold a cup of silence
Against my waking chest
The night keeps asking questions The
dark refuses rest
But somewhere past the rain
A small flame knows my
name
Let the light come through the
broken places Let it fall like
gold on our tired faces We
are brief as sparks,
but we are here
Love is the reason the dark
feels dear Let the light come
through
Let the sorrow stay
Beauty grows beside what fades away
The stars are losing color
Like letters left in sun
A rose beneath the window
Still opens one by one
The fire eats the evening And
leaves a warmer stone
I hear the river carrying What
I could not hold alone
And somewhere past the rain
A small flame calls again
Let the light come through the
broken places Let it fall like
gold on our tired faces We
are brief as sparks,
but we are here
Love is the reason the dark
feels dear Let the light come
through
Let the sorrow stay
Beauty grows beside what fades away
If dawn is only borrowed
Then let me spend it near
you
With ashes in the garden
And rain still shining clear
No promise defeats the ending No
fire outlives the air
But every hand that finds us
Makes being here more rare
Let the light come through the
broken places Let it rest like
warmth on our tired faces We
are brief as sparks,
but we are here
Love is the reason the dark
feels dear Let the light come
through
Let the sorrow stay
Beauty grows beside
what fades away
The river keeps its secret
The flowers turn to flame
The night gives back a little
And nothing stays the same