Through the Dark

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Very day you were born, your light shone bold in the dark Doctor said you had a hole in your heart Just knew you were making room for a whole lot of heart And loved you from that day until your soul would depart You took your first breath upon my chest Built you a good nest before I left Wasn't that I never loved your mother But two happy homes are better than one that suffered Every regret in this life that I made Have been tempered by the strength in your eyes every day I know you never said that you'd like me to stay Still, I'm sorry I neglected you while I was away You were eight when we headed to casualty And no child should face their death or mortality You taught me patience, strength, and morality And I'd burden this weight instead of you happily That night, you asked if you'd die from your sickness And why had it chosen your life out of millions You filled me with a pride I was missing 'Cause grown men cry, they lack your type of resilience Only when it's dark are the stars so bright For your fight, you're gonna harbour these scars for life But you a brave little soul, came in the cold Like a fighter, hope you find that same flame when you're old [Chorus] Fall asleep And lay with me We'll search the night for shooting stars If they can't take Away your pain I'll take your hand, walk through the dark The dark Through the dark [Verse 2] I wrote this while you slept in a hospital bed Know this, your breath at the cost of my breath I'd forego this life, let you honour my death If you could know what it's like to live long and regret So you can fight, you can shove, you can bleed and hurt You can cry, you can love, learn your creed or worth Earn your stripes, act dumb, cut your teeth, or worse Or take a wife to become your sky, sea, and earth But if these are things that you never see With no god, just me, here to set you free And most others won't understand the hell in which you've been in Till they've wrestled with a demon But take heart: to be brave, we first need fear The same heart that's seen pain yet persevered Will serve you, I know this world is, of course, unfair And hurt you, but these virtues are yours to bear I named you lionhearted the day you're born They say the night is darkest before the dawn I'll take your hand upon this path if you can light a spark Then we can find some calm in a raging storm Ain't nothing left to scare you, see? So we can live, laugh, and cherish every breath we breathe And no matter where you go know I'll never leave 'Cause even when we're gone, we're living in a memory, so live on [Chorus] Fall asleep And lay with me We'll search the night for shooting stars If they can't take Away your pain I'll take your hand, walk through the dark Fall asleep And lay with me We'll search the night for shooting stars If they can't take Away your pain I'll take your hand, walk through the dark The dark Through the dark [Verse 3] And I'm sorry that I can't take your pain or answer why We'll lay awake through darker skies I say your name, you cast a light You're a flame on a starless night And I didn't know I was lost till you found me Didn't know I was locked here without keys But we can walk across all these boundaries You and me, nothing here to stop you, you're now free So, I wrote this to give you hope For every good thing in life, you'll live to know They say cancer survivors are gifted, though Let me know if that isn't so