Verse 1

I’ve been erecting fences, on the edges of my heart

To keep the roving wolves at bay, to keep out the dark

You keep on asking me to open up the gate

But I can still smell the whiskey and I know it’s just not safe.

Chorus

To have and to hold, I am still holding you

For better or worse, you are still my heart

You and I are one, until whiskey do us part.

Verse 2

I finally hung up all the pictures, took a chance at feeling whole

But you stumbled and you broke them, now these walls are bare like bones

And the blood is slowly draining from this creature we call love

I’m hanging on here trying to save us, but I am living here alone.

Chorus

To have and to hold, I am still holding you

For better or worse, you are still my heart

You and I are one, until whiskey do us part.

Bridge

You’ve got demons in your closet and they taunt you day by day

You know you’re going to have to face them before they steal your life away

And I can only see two endings, either you get well and you stay

Or I will keep erecting fences, but you’ll be the wolf that I keep away

Chorus

To have and to hold, I am still holding you

For better or worse, you are still my heart

You and I are one, until whiskey do us part.

Until whiskey do us part…

Verse 1

I remember the good times, when we laughed until we cried

Your soul was so much lighter then, and you still had your smile.

Even though you’re so troubled, even though you’re so blue,

Take my hand, hold me close, I am right here with you.

Chorus

And I will wait for you, I will wait for you, I will wait for you

Baby, I will wait for you, I will wait for you, I will wait for you

Verse 2

Though the night grows darker, and the plenty grows thin,

And the better it grows worse, this is not the end,

It just means that we try harder, we learn to forgive

Yeah we swallow down our pride and we learn how to live

Bridge

It was not that long ago, I was the one on the ground

And you held my head up so I would not drown

Don’t think that I’ll forget it, all the kindness you showed

Yeah you’re down now, I get it, but I am here to share the load

Chorus

And I will wait for you, I will wait for you, I will wait for you

Baby, I will wait for you, I will wait for you, I will wait for you

I will wait for you, I will wait for you, I will wait for you

I will wait for you, I will wait for you, I will wait for you.

Verse 1

Oblivion never felt so close

The demons breathing down our necks

Precipice beneath our feet

The abyss feels so real right now

Verse 2

But everyday we say we’re fine

We hide behind a thin veneer

Underneath we’re breaking down

About to crack and pour right out

Chorus

But you say

“I am here, don’t believe the lies,

That you’re alone, that you’re without light.

When things are dark, don’t let go

Lean in hard, hold my words close.”

Verse 3

Why do we put on a show

To make it look like we’re ok?

We’re so afraid to open up

We think we’ll die if we are known.

Chorus

But you say

“I am here, don’t believe the lies,

That you’re alone, that you’re without light.

When things are dark, don’t let go

Lean in hard, hold my words close.”

Bridge

I never said this would be easy

Narrow is the road you walk with me

But I said I’d never leave you

Just obey and believe

Chorus x 2

You say

“I am here, I’ve never left your side.

Things are dark, but I am your light.

Child, look to me, I’ll never let you go.

Just lean in hard, hold my words close.”

Verse 4

I know you want to close your eyes

And hope that this all goes away

But you were called for such a time

So stand firm in my grace

Chorus

“I am here, I’ve never left your side.

Things are dark, but I am your light.

Child, look to me, I’ll never let you go.

Just lean in hard, hold my words close...hold one another close for me.”

Verse 1

I wind these pleasures round my soul

To make myself seem whole and perceptible

I drape this glory all around

In hopes that I’ll be found to be detectable.

Verse 2

I cover up the hurt and woe

With all the grandest shows I have available

They are just bandages I know

But you can see me as I go, I am discernable.

Verse 3

If I turn off all the noise,

Will I fade into the void becoming trivial?

If I stop the constant show,

Would anyone ever know I’m consequential?

Pre-chorus 1

You can see me when I hide

Behind the picture perfect smiles I am observable

I’m stacking up the loves and likes

They give me form and testify, I am substantial.

Chorus 1

But when I see you see me, I come undone

I become so fully real, I become so fully loved

All these false selves fall away and I’m left with only one

As your light fills up my life that is when I become…

Tag

…visible.

Verse 4

In your presence I can’t hide

About myself I cannot lie to seem more loveable

Your gaze, it burns off all my pride

Sees right through deep inside

To the detestable

Pre-chorus 2

You are unwinding all the lies

Revealing what’s inside

I’m reprehensible

Yet in your hands somehow I find

I can always lift my eyes

I am redeemable.

Chorus 2

And when I see you see me, I come undone

I become so fully real, I become so fully loved

All my false selves fall away and I’m left with only one

As your light fills up my life, that is when I become...

Visible…visible...visible…

Verse 1

We miss out on the growing when we choose to not forgive

We poison the garden we’re tending with the choices that we live

And all the while we’re starving for a love that satisfies

But we cannot feel our hunger ‘cause we’re feeding off the lies.

Verse 2

We miss out on the knowing when we always hide our face

The loneliness consumes yet we keep our masks in place

And all the while we’re thirsting for a love that never leaves

But we cannot hear you knocking through the noise of all our grief.

Chorus 1

Let your light break through, let your light break through in me.

Let your light break through, let your light break through in me.

Verse 3

We miss out on the living when we stop our clocks in time

When we’re constantly rehearsing all our failures or designs

And all the while we’re desperate for a love that never dies

But we cannot see you waiting through our panic-stricken eyes.

Chorus 2

Let your light break through, let your light break through in me.

Let my life tell the truth, let my life tell the truth about all you’ve done for me.

Let your light break through, let your light break through in me.

Let your light break through, let your light break through in me.