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I Kept the Light On
ALYSSA BERMEA
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sad heartbreak in family struggles
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ah-ah, ah-ah (oh)
uh-huh, uh-huh
There was a coffee cup with lipstick on the rim
A note half-folded where the numbers sink in
You left the porch light on but not the promise, no
We learned to eat around the silence, plate by plate, slow
Mama hums a song that's missing all the words (mama, mama)
Dad's laughter got tired, it stopped showing up for thirds
The calendar's a calendar of unpaid truths and small alarms
Birthday balloons deflated in a drawer with our child's charms
We traded warm nights for coin-counting prayers
We traded good mornings for tired stares (yeah)
If love was a ledger, the sums never made sense
If holding on was saving, we lost more than cents
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (I kept the light on)
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (oh-oh)
I folded every letter and put it in a drawer
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (I kept the light on)
There was a school backpack with a crayon-colored tear
A secret beneath the pillow where we left the fear
Neighbors said we're fine, said everything's okay
But they don't see the quiet when the kids don't want to play
I write 'I'm sorry' in the margins of the rent receipt
You call it survival, I call it learning how to leave
We learned to speak in small things — laundromat change, spare keys
We learned to say 'we tried' and swallow how it leaves
Bills slide across the table like thin, polite goodbyes
So we become strangers who still know each other's lies (yeah)
If faith was a promise, ours came loose at both ends
If love was a river, we couldn't find where it bends
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (I kept the light on)
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (oh-oh)
I folded every letter and put it in a drawer
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (I kept the light on)
Maybe one day we'll sit and say the things we never said (oh)
Maybe you'll hold a photograph and finally look ahead (yeah)
I am not the blame, I'm not the reason things fell through
I'm the small hand learning how to start again without you
Ma-ma, pa-pa, I'm calling names into the dark (ma-ma, pa-pa)
Some nights I light a match and watch the past unmark (oh-oh)
Forgiveness is a slow road with a soft, uneven pace
I keep a chair for someone who might not come back to this place
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (I kept the light on)
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (oh-oh)
I folded every letter and put it in a drawer
I kept the light on for you, I kept the light on (I kept the light on)
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