[Verse 1] I lived a long time in a house With every window painted black I called the darkness normal 'Cause I never knew a crack No argument could reach me No good reason turned me 'round I was sleeping in the basement And I never heard a sound [Chorus] Then the lights came on And I didn't flip the switch One day the dark was over And the whole house started lit I didn't earn the morning I didn't pray it down He just walked in like an owner And He turned the power on The lights came on [Verse 2] I can't take credit for the dawn It came before I asked The wanting was the waking And the waking came so fast First the room, then the wonder Then the tears I couldn't place He'd already flipped the breaker Before I saw His face [Chorus] Then the lights came on And I didn't flip the switch One day the dark was over And the whole house started lit I didn't earn the morning I didn't pray it down He just walked in like an owner And He turned the power on The lights came on [Bridge] Root access to the deepest room Only His to hold He rewrote me in the basement Made the frozen wiring gold [Final Chorus] Then the lights came on And I didn't flip the switch One day the dark was over And the whole house started lit I didn't earn the morning I didn't pray it down He just walked in like an owner And He turned the power on The lights came on