Emphasis

Death is promised to the bee

Whose sting protects the colony

Was its life worth nothing more

Than honey for the queen?

Life is a branch and it is a dove

Handcrafted by confusing love

Sign language is our reply

When church bells make no sound

In hollow towers and empty hives

We craved sweetness with a fear of heights

Was it all just a grain of sand

In an hourglass?

[Chorus]

The smartest thing I've ever learned

Is that I don't have all the answers

Just a little light to call my own

Though it pales in comparison

To the overarching shadows

A speck of light can reignite the sun

And swallow darkness whole

Death is a cold, blindfolded kiss

It is the finger pressed upon our lips

It puts an unwanted emphasis

On how we should have lived

Life is a gorgeous, broken gift

Six billion pieces waiting to be fixed

Love letters that were never signed

Sent to where we live

[Chorus]

The sweetest thing I've ever heard

Is that I don't have to have the answers

Just a little light to call my own

Though it pales in comparison

To the overarching shadows

A speck of light can reignite the sun

And swallow darkness whole