Sunshine

I used to live in a terrible place, where I was always in the dark.
It made me always doubt myself, never to finish what I start.
I used to live in a terrible place, where I had no room to grow.
And I stayed in the room, so lonely but I wouldn’t let anyone know.
I used to live in a terrible place, with no windows, only walls.
Because I didn’t know I had what it took to try and make them fall.

One day I heard them, outside the room talking, about a light so pure.
In my small room, I heard them say people killed to have more.
So I figured out a way, to get out of my small room.
But it followed me around, always covered me in hidden gloom.

Outside it was storming so hard you couldn’t tell it was rain.
The thunder inside me crashed, the lightening inside me pained.
As I fought my way past, as the wind cut into my skin,
I almost longed for my small room, almost longed to be in.

But then I saw it and it made me fight all the more.
I saw the light they talked about. The light that was so pure.
And the closer I got, the clouds began to recede.
And the closer I got, I began to really see.

But when I finally reached it, there was no light to be found.
Only you stood there, waiting patiently, just holding your ground.
And when I reached you and you held me in your arms,
You did what I had never seen, that caused me such alarm.

You reached inside yourself, took out your heart and placed it in my hand.
And I looked at you so confused because I just didn’t understand.
I never had anyone do this for me. I didn’t understand the task.
I was too embarrassed to let you know, to step up and just to ask.

All I could think was to look up, and I was confronted by my clouds of gloom.
And I began to be so sick of living in such depressing doom.
Had I not gotten out? Did I not deserve more?
And at that thought the heart in my hand began glow a light so pure.

And then I knew what it was that I had to do.
And I felt like I was on high.
I took that heart you gave to me and gave it to the sky.

And I began to forget the rain and began to forget the storm.
Your heart in the sky began to wash over me, and its light made me so warm.
And the clouds began to roll away and I forgot the life I had left behind.
What was going on was so crazy, and it nearly blew my mind.
For how lucky I was in the storm, for who knew it would be you I would find.
And that your heart would be my light, so pure, and you would be my sunshine.