Light in Okay

I heard you once say not long ago
That I have a light 
That I don't belong in darkness
That I'm not built to hide away in some hole 
But girl I know I have some of the dark in me 
Cuz it's the only way I could have seen the light that resides in you... 

I see it in the way that your words matters
And the way that you reach people when they can't reach themselves
They trust you when there's no one else to trust
They follow Post-It notes to peace, 
Your plain spoken manner, your I-don't-give-a-fuck, I'm going help, attitude 
You're the lighthouse on the shore of stormy seas, 
Why you leave with food you'll never eat and good people in your drive you didn't ask to be there  

And there's a light burning bright in you
When you're dancing for hours in an empty room  
And when you're singing that punk song only I thought I knew the words to
When you're showing off the 90's buttons on the strap of your bag
And I'm feeling like the kid with long hair, an undercut, and Doc Martens
I'm 17 all over again and I'm doing things I haven't done in years
I'm reading books I had to dust off my shelf cuz you knew them by heart
And for the moment I feel like I almost could have a light in me
But I know that it's just the shit inside me that's being cancelled out by your light

I get it's hard to see when you're spinning down a dark hole
I get it's hard to see when the nightmares overtake sleep 
And I get it's hard to see when it's one thing after another
And there's nothing I can I do to make you see or feel it for yourself
But I've heard people say that when you grow up, your heart dies
Well, yours didn't. Your heart didn't die. It beats strong. I have felt it
And it contains the light that resides within you