Exits Are Illuminated Lyrics

Under lights that shine like stars above the street

Carving out the shadows stretched from you and me

Words unspoken - their voices incomplete

Things fall apart now as the silence screams

You were on the run

Away from an obligation

That kept your heart numb

Tried to keep you playing

All those losing games

That drew you to them

Like a moth to a flame

Signs that only keep you from your journey's end

Flickering against the coldness of our skin

A silent memory that scars at once then heals again

You were on the run

Trying to break the tethers

Around what you've become

With a promised offering

And a whispered prayer

If I turned around now

Would I still find you there?

The light is fading

But the stars are out

The stars are out now

But our map is gone

In the shadow of the places that we've been

I turned around and tried calling out your name

Waited there until I heard your voice again

I waited there, but it never came

You were on the run

Trying to save your spirit

From the harm done

But if you ever find

That the light is fading

My love

I'll keep the exits illuminated