We shine brighter in darkness

I open the blind and the sky is grey, 
There's no break in the clouds and it's about mid-day. 
It's dark in here, I can't sleep.
A constant shroud of blackness in a room of light and sadness.

It's tiring trying to illuminate your soul.
 Your heart, head and mind feeling so completely out of control.

It's dark in here, but you can all see me. 
I walk around with a smile, even though inside of me is bleeding. 
They're unaware of the fragile broken core, let's face it, people don't really care or want to know.

Ignorance is bliss to even the most trained of eyes,
So we keep telling the world that we'll be okay, we'll be alright. 
We stand strong, we stand firm against these feelings of darkness, 
pulling us down into a descent of pure madness.

It's now 11pm,
I've not moved from here since mid-day.
It's been dark in this asylum, right here where I've been lay.
All week, all year, I've shed my tears,
Waiting on this day...

Tonight I see something that I haven't for a while. 
It's the vision of light through the cracks,
it brings a smile.
A broken lamp is still a lamp, you just need to change the bulb. 
In with the new, out with the old.
You're just a story still untold.

Everyone has a light in there heart and a fire in their soul.
If yours is shining bright today then help someone find their own.

We all get lost, 
we all get weak,
but in times like this remember..
You're not alone, you never were, just take a good look inside ya'.

The sun is coming up, inside my troubled mind,
It's time that we start the mourning..
Goodbye to the hurt, the pain, the fear. 
It's time for the death of yesteryear.

The light is now pouring,
Spilling out from deep within.
I've found the spark, the ray, the flicker.
All words we use for hope.

Only in darkness can you see how bright someone can truely shine, 
Who'd of thought the owner of that light, would be me, it would be mine.