Don’t Leave Me in the Dark

We used to light up every room we walked in,

Now one wrong word and the darkness creeps in.

You flip your switch, I throw mine too,

Two hearts in the dark with no clue what to do.

One minute we're laughing, next minute we're cold,

Got a thousand things to say, but our silence takes hold.

We're so busy being right, we forget what we had,

Turning off the love when the feelings turn bad.

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It's not every silence that means love is dead,

Sometimes there's a thousand words trapped inside your head.

But if we keep waiting for the other to start,

We'll be sitting in the darkness, two feet apart.

Don't flip the switch just to prove you're right,

You can win the argument and still lose the light.

Don't turn love off when your feelings get loud,

You can't build a home with your hearts shut down.

Don't switch off the love just to switch on your pride,

Don't let a little darkness put forever on the line.

Before you turn away and let the silence take place,

Remember who's standing there in the same dark space.

Some people go quiet, some people explode,

Some bury their feelings, let the distance grow.

We say, "I'm fine," with a storm in our eyes,

While the ones that we love can't see through the disguise.

A switch can turn a light off, but the room stays the same,

Words leave shadows long after anger fades.

We don't have to be perfect or agree every night,

Sometimes love means being the first to flip the light.

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One wrong word can turn the warmest room cold,

Don't let your pride kill the love you hold.

Don't flip the switch just to prove you're right,

You can win the argument and still lose the light.

Don't turn love off when your feelings get loud,

You can't build a home with your hearts shut down.

We're not enemies just 'cause the room turns cold,

Don't let one dark moment kill a light that took years to grow.

Before you switch off what you can't replace,

Remember who's standing there in the same dark place.

Don't confuse a little darkness with the end of the flame,

Two people can be hurting and still choose each other's name.

You don't need the last word; you need a way back home,

The darkest kind of lonely is together but alone.

Don't flip the switch just to prove you're right,

You can win the argument and still lose the light.

Don't turn love off when your feelings get loud,

You can't build a home with your hearts shut down.

Don't switch off the love just to switch on your pride,

Don't let a little darkness put forever on the line.

You don't have to be right to make things right,

Sometimes the strongest heart is the first to flip the light.

Don't switch off the love just to switch on your pride,

Don't let a little darkness put forever on the line.

Flip the light… don't kill the flame.

It's you and me, not me against you in this game.