Lyrics
[Musical introduction with a slow building piano and acoustic guitar strumming]
[Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, steel guitar, bass, drums]
[Verse 1]
We started looking for you
Through the caves in the dark
The search we had was long
We were looking for a spark
Who’d have ever thought they’d be
Such a deadly winding bend
To be so strong, to take so long
As it would ‘till the end
[Musical interlude]
[Verse 2]
We saw wrecks of buildings
And ships passing through the night
We saw words written long ago
Reflections of your pure light
There was an old man
Kind and wise with age
And he read me just like a book
And he never missed a page
[Chorus]
Don’t you leave us in the dark
Don’t you leave us in the dark
In my time of need
Don’t you leave us in the dark
[Verse 3]
Yes, we saw your old flames
Smoldered through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just our high beam lights
You were just a country boy
Your simple songs confess
The music you had deep inside
So very few possess
[Chorus]
Don’t you leave us in the dark
Don’t you leave us in the dark
In my time of need
Don’t you leave us in the dark
[Piano musical interlude]
[Verse 4]
Every heart is much the same
We tell ourselves down here
The same chambers fed by veins
The same maze of love and fear
And I loved him like my father
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would shortly come
But I did not know just when
[Chorus]
Don’t you leave us in the dark
Don’t you leave us in the dark
In my darkest hour
Don’t you leave us in the dark
[Musical outro with piano and acoustic guitar]
[Song stops]
[Verse 2]
We saw wrecks of buildings
And ships passing through the night
We saw words written long ago
On walls etched in pure light
There was an old man
Who uttered not a word
And in his hands an ancient book
With joyous songs unheard
[Chorus]
Don’t you leave us in the dark
Words written from your heart
In my time of need
Don’t you leave us in the dark
[Verse 3]
Yes, we saw your old flames
Smolder through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just our high beam lights
You were just a country boy
No simple sins to confess
Come to me, ‘o weary sinner
And I will give you rest
[Chorus]
Don’t you leave us in the dark
Words written from your heart
In my time of need
Don’t you leave us in the dark
[Piano musical interlude]
[Verse 4]
Every soul is much the same
‘Round here we like to say
Oh, the same debt must be owed
The same payment must be made
And I loved him like my brother
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would surely come
But I did not know just when
[Chorus]
Don’t you leave us in the dark
Words written from your heart
In my darkest hour
Don’t you leave us in the dark
[Musical outro with piano and acoustic guitar]
[Song stops]
[Verse 4]
Every soul is much the same
‘Round here we like to say
Oh, the same debt must be owed
The same payment must be made
And I loved him like my brother
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would surely come
But I did not know just when
[Chorus]
Don’t you leave us in the dark
Words written from your heart
In my darkest hour
Don’t you leave us in the dark
[Improvised musical interlude guitar solo]
[Chorus]
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
O Lord grant me vision
O Lord grant me speed
[Acapella harmony]
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
O Lord grant me vision
O Lord grant me speed
[Song stops]