You Came So Close

Andrew Peterson

You could no more kill the darkness than you could raise the sun

And the night was cold and black like the barrel of a gun

And I remember the tremble in the words you spoke

As you balanced there on the brink at the end of your rope

And you came so close, you came so close

You came so close to letting go, to letting go

And you knew she would hate you, she would kick you out

'Cause you were lying in the bed that you made when you broke your vow

But then you woke in the wasteland of the truth you told

And you turned to see she stayed, she was bright as a band of gold

And you came so close, you came so close

You came so close to letting go, to letting go

So don't let go 'cause you never know

Don't let go 'cause you never know for sure

Don't let go 'cause you never know

You'll never know

And the sky in Nashville, it can bend you low

'Cause the winter here is gray without a trace of snow

But there is no shadow on the silver stars

And the colder the night is, well, the closer the heavens are

And so we're so close, we're so close

We're so close, we're so close

So don't let go 'cause this I know

Don't let go, this I know for sure

Don't let go 'cause this I know

This I know for sure 'cause there's still hope