Lyrics

I was born to the rising sun
Always thought I could be someone
Thought I would make it on my own
So I set out on the falling tides
I fell in love under Mexico skies
Then I watched it fade away one too many times

Tell me
What do you do when you’re lonely
How do you speak when you can’t breathe
Tell me
How do you deal with the silence
When it fills in the cracks and you’re blinded
Cuz I’m finding it hard
Tell me what lights up your dark

Looking back when I was 22
Just a dumb kid with nothing to lose
I know it now that I didn’t have a goddamn clue

Cracked window and the world goes by
I’ve seen it all with these two eyes
I've watched the river flow, felt the well run dry

Tell me
What do you do when you’re lonely
How do you speak when you can’t breathe
Tell me I gotta know
Tell me
How do you deal with the silence
When it fills in the cracks and you’re blinded
Cuz I’m finding it hard
Tell me what lights up your dark

Tell me what you dreaming when you look upon the brightest star
Tell me what does it take to keep your demons away cause I’m just lying awake and it’s getting so hard

Tell me what do you do when you’re lonely
How do you speak when you can’t breathe
Tell me I gotta know
Tell me how do you deal with the silence
When it fills in the cracks and you’re blinded
Cuz I’m finding it hard
Just tell me what lights up your
Tell me what lights up your dark

©2026 Noah Derksen, Brian McKenna