Candles - Future Islands

Soften your penitence

It’s not your fate

Release the weight

Of shouldering after-thoughts

Of watching them fade

Oh I can relate

But deciding your innocence

It’s not mine to make

You’re not mine to save

You’re not mine…

Where does it go?

Where does it go?

This one, for the last time

Baby, I know

A little candle like you

Don’t deserve the hurt you’re going through

Let me take it from you

Where does it go?

Where does it go?

This time, for the last time

Baby, I know

A little candle like you

Don’t deserve the pain you’re going through

Let me take it away

You flicker so gently

Yet light up the hall

We dance on the walls

As shadows flee after you

The great and the small

You better us all

You better us…

Where does it go?

Where does it go?

This time, for the last time

Baby, I know

A little candle like you

Don’t deserve the hurt you’re going through

Let me take it away

Where does it go?

It comes and goes

This time, for the last time

Baby, I know

A little candle like you

Don’t deserve the pain you’re going through

You shined a light for me

Reflecting light for you

I’m too far to save

So let me take your pain

Let me take it from you

Let me take it away

Where does it go?

Where does it go?

This time, for the last time

Baby, I know

A little candle like you

Gave me the strength that pulled me through

Now let me take it from you

This sadness from you