Well I guess the darkest nights will hide their stars

But lately your cloudy skies are the crowded bars

And I've been squinting at the distance

Waiting for the light to break

Worried dear about how long that might take

God's been closing windows and slamming doors

The rain keeps leaking in what the hell was that house for

Love came at so high a cost that you could not afford

So now you're throwing up your hands and feet are kicking up a storm

There's still light in your eyes

It's small but it still shines

There is nothing in the past that you belong to

And even if the memories come and find you

Well it is not the task to try to rescue what's left

What's left of your joy

What if the valley's too wide to hold your dreams

What if your heart has grown too dull to gleam

What if it's ancestral it's running through your genes

It's all too much now you're bursting at the seams

But there's still light in your eyes

It's faint but it still shines

There is nothing in the past that you belong to

And even if the memories come and find you

Well it is not their task to try to rescue what's left

What's left of your joy

Your sorrow does not flatter you

Even if the tears are true

I've seen you sing your way through deeper blues

Sacred songs and holy water

They don't last long enough to bother

So all the things you miss just wash from the surface

There is nothing in the past that you belong to

And even if the memories come and find you

Well it is not their task to try to rescue what's left

What's left of your joy

What is left of your joy