drifting alone on a wide open sea letting life pass me by avoiding everything i m afraid to be but your heart shines a light lost in my own misery til you came and helped me see that i don t have to be alone thank you for giving this lost heart a home so keep the light on i m coming home cause i ve been gone for so long always lost inside always looking away when the best moments in life are ours to take the tragedy of human life the darkness that lurks inside the days that we quit and start to die this is the time to stand and fight so keep the light on i m coming home cause i ve been gone for so long keep the light on yeah i m coming home cause i ve been gone for so long so shine on shine on shine on shine on drifting alone on a wide open sea letting life pass me by avoiding everything i m afraid to be but your heart shines a light so keep the light on i m coming home cause i ve been gone for so long so keep the light on i m coming home cause i ve been gone for so long so shine on shine on shine on shine on