Biding all your time Just to waste it all Stare at the sky, at the clouds Cardinals on electrical wires Some wind blows through your bones You feel it beneath In your teeth 'hind your eyes Like a ghost Come alive Every now and then I am floored by love The way it surrounds Gathers ground Circled wagons 'round A wounded heart But darkness is closing in Need only to wait Let it come Let it come Be light Let Light in Shield not your eyes Rage against the darkening Be light Let it shine in And your open eyes Mirrors the light's Reflected in Be light Let it shine in And your open eyes Mirrors the light reflected in Shuttered up your mind In the shallow end Closin' in fast On a slow sleight of hand Keepin' eyes on the hearts Batten down the hatches And bar the doors But there ain't no defending The way that the dark has of Starving you out Let Light in Shield not your eyes Rage against the darkening Be light Let it shine in And your open eyes Mirrors the light's Reflected in And the choice is There for the making There's light within And without That's there for the taking And there's risk involved But let's face it It takes just as much to hate As it does to embrace it Be light Let Light in Shield not your eyes Rage against the darkening Be light Let it shine in And your open eyes Mirrors the light's Reflected in