Shine Lyrics

We went to see my parents

When you had your long hair and I was barely eating

Had nothing warm to wear

You slept in late one morning, I almost lost my head

I always think too much about something that I said

On Halloween night when your knuckles were all bruised

And I waited in your driveway just to talk it out with you

And you were crying when you thought I was something you could lose

I took something and I made it shine

Without even knowing it couldn't be mine

But what if I was a broken light humming along like a song in the night

Warning the people just walking the streets

It's gonna be dark so you might as well leave

And there are places I was never meant see

I never knew a time when you weren't protecting me

Like when we had this road between us and stitches in your foot

I couldn't hear your voice so I just had to look

I took something and I made it shine

Without even knowing it couldn't be mine

But what if I was a firefly stuck in a jar just to glow up the night

Captured in vain, nowhere to be

I'm not gonna go so you might as well sleep

And if the flame goes out I know it wasn't up to me

Winds can pick up and there's not enough trust in the way things should be

Oh I've called it a million things but never was it free

Hope is such a funny price to pay for relief

I took something and I made it shine

Without even knowing it couldn't be mine

But what if I was a broken light humming along like a song in the night

Falling to pieces, nobody knows

Doing my best just to take you back home