You put your keys down by the door,
Said you don’t watch the news no more.
Too many faces in the rain,
Too many names you can’t explain.
I watched you take your coat back down,
Walk to the cold end of the town.
You said, “I can’t make all this right,
But someone needs a coat tonight.”
[Pre-Chorus]
And I’ve been waiting for a sign,
Something bigger than this life.
You were halfway down the street,
With the answer on your sleeve.
[Chorus]
Leave a light on,
Someone’s coming through the rain.
Keep the night warm,
Till they find their feet again.
We don’t know how far
One little spark can go.
Leave a light on,
Let somebody know.
[Instrumental Hook — plucked guitar, deep bass]
Oh, let it go,
Further than we know.
Oh, let it go,
Further than we know.
[Verse 2]
The woman living down the hall
Hadn’t spoken much at all.
You brought her peaches in July,
She told you stories of her life.
Now there’s a garden on the stairs,
An extra table, folding chairs.
I used to hurry past that floor,
Now I don’t hurry anymore.
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe what we’re waiting for
Doesn’t need to shake the world.
Maybe it can start this small—
Someone answers when you call.
[Chorus]
Leave a light on,
Someone’s coming through the rain.
Keep the night warm,
Till they find their feet again.
We don’t know how far
One little spark can go.
Leave a light on,
Let somebody know.
[Bridge — stripped guitar, intimate vocal]
I get tired.
You do too.
Some days I’ve got
Nothing left for you.
Then you sit down,
And stay awhile.
Nothing’s fixed,
But somehow I smile.
[Build — percussion returns]
Window by window,
Street after street,
Something is changing
Between you and me.
[Final Chorus — layered vocals]
Leave a light on,
Someone’s coming through the rain.
Keep the night warm,
Till they find their feet again.
We don’t know how far
One little spark can go.
Leave a light on,
Let somebody know.
[Outro — guitar loop fades]
You put your keys down by the door.
The world was heavy as before.
But down the hall, somebody laughed—
We stood a while and listened back.