When the light returns
Adult Contemporary
When the light returns was released on August 21, 2026 by AASEN Records as a part of the album The Shape of Quiet - EP
Credits
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I watched the darkness
Cross over the sea
Taking the shadows
Away from me
I stayed through the silence
I stayed through the night
And somewhere beyond it
There opened a light
[Pre-Chorus]
I thought I had lost it
I thought it was gone
But sometimes the morning
Was there all along
[Chorus]
When the light returns
I will be waiting
When the light returns
I will be changed
Not who I was
Not who I became
Only a heart
Learning its name
When the light returns
I will remain
[Verse 2]
The birds started singing
Before I could see
A thread of the sunrise
Breaking through the trees
The water was golden
The air tasted new
And all of the silence
Was carrying through
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need to hold it
I don’t need to stay
Some things are beautiful
Because they fade
[Chorus]
When the light returns
I will be waiting
When the light returns
I will be changed
Not who I was
Not who I became
Only a heart
Learning its name
When the light returns
I will remain
[Bridge]
Ooh
I am coming home
Ooh
I am coming home
Through the water
Through the night
Through the places
Out of sight
Ooh
I am coming home
[Final Chorus]
When the light returns
I will be waiting
When the light returns
I will be changed
Nothing to carry
Nothing to prove
Only the light
And the will to move
When the light returns
I will remain
When the light returns
I will remain
[Outro]
And if the night
Comes back again
I will remember
How the morning began
Ooh
Ooh
When the light returns
I will be here
