Light You Leave Behind

You got the wind knocked right out of you when you lost
The first one that meant the world to you
And you were too young to figure it out, too old to break down
When the first weight was laid upon your back
But a sliver of starlight, it lived in your dark eyes
Brighter the darker the night
And you rolled all the windows down, you flew through the Jersey town
Your dark hair was blowing all around

Doing 80 on 80 to Roosevelt Stadium
Nosebleeds, kick drums, heartbeats, anthems
Of your stolen, golden youth
Of your lonely, lonely truth
But the light you leave behind, it's burning across the sky

And your father never knew you as a father, but he left you the burden
Of a body and some dark, dark eyes
And you were too young to bear it, too old for hysterics
So you climbed out the window
Down to the rock and roll show

Doing 80 on 80 to Roosevelt Stadium
Nosebleeds, kick drums, heartbeats, anthems
Of your stolen, golden youth
Of your lonely, lonely truth
But the light you leave behind, it's burning across the sky

And that arena was torn down the year I was born
How you bulldozed all those wild ways you could
But you still rolled the windows down, you still ran the bases 'round
Your dark hair blowing all around
And a sliver of starlight, it lived in your dark eyes
Now it lives in the night sky, and I'll be looking
I'll be looking for

The light you leave behind
For the light you leave behind
For the light you leave behind
Burning across the sky
Burned into my eyes, burned into my mind
The light you leave behind
The light you leave behind
The light you leave behind
The light you leave behind