Shadow In The Dark

I was just a kid in the smallest of worlds
Chasing daylight and running outdoors
You whispered as you held me tight in your arms
"When nights get dark, just look to the stars"

I was far too young to know the weight of your words
I pulled away and ran back out to the woods
It lingered on my ears, it felt so bizarre
"When nights get dark, just look to the stars"
When nights get dark, just look to the stars

I found a shadow, something hidden in me
All the darkness, it grew, oh, and I couldn't see
And all the walls began to close on in
Oh, the same old walls that had sheltered me
The shadow grew as my life carried on
A painful ache that I thought would be gone
It was dimly lit, but it still left me a mark
A festering shadow in the dark

But I raised my head, and I looked to the stars
I was broken glass, yet they still sparkled my shards
Where shadows grow, you know a light's not too far
When nights get dark, just look to the stars
I was just a kid with the sweetest of smiles
Too soon it left, and oh, it left for a while
As smiles faded, darkness left me with scars
But when nights get dark I look to the stars

I feel the shadow and I know that it casts over my heart
But I wouldn't trade it even though I know its pain left a mark
When darkness grows look for the glow so it can't tear you apart
'Cause even shadows can't exist without a light in the dark

I was just a kid in the smallest of worlds
Chasing daylight and running outdoors
You whispered as you held me tight in your arms
"When nights get dark, just look to the stars"