Song Synopsis
This song explores the tender space between loss and hope. It speaks to the belief that we will meet again — that we’ll find our way home. Whether it's someone we’ve loved and lost, or a soul who’s walked before us, they can “leave on the light” to guide us forward. A guru is one who brings us from darkness to light. This is an ode to them — and to the light that always waits for us.
Lyrics
Opening
Darkness Comes When You've Lost Your Way
Satan's Waiting To Call It A Day
Hope Ain't Lost When You Turn Towards The Light
Regardless Of Cost You'll Learn What Is Right
If You Ain't Too Sure If This Is The Way
Drop To Your Knees Boy Start To Pray
Listen Real Close In The Answers Will Come
At The End Of The Race No Longer Need Run
Verses
I Remember The Day My Mother Died
Father Called And We Both Just Cried
He Was There By Her Side
As He'd Been For Most His Life
We Both Watched Her Slowly Slip Away
Her Strength Gave Out Day By Day
Nothing To Do But Hold Her Hand
And Talk About The Promised Land
Mother Took This Young Boy In
She Didn't Know His Anger Might Do Her In
But The Love She Gave Never Once Grew Dim
As He Challenged Her Time And Again
Father Always Tried And Tried
To Keep The Family Close In Christ
But I Strayed Real Wide And I Strayed Real Far
As Soon As I Could Drive A Car
Chorus
We Get Tired And Easily Lost Leave On The Light
I've Traveled Far In This World But I'll Be Coming Home Tonight
4x
Refrain
Leave On The Light
4x
Ending
The Last Words That I Do Recall
When She Was Headed For That Final Call
I Said That I'd Find Her In The Next Life
She Said She Would Leave On The Light
Backstory of the Song
This song was born from one of the most sacred and painful moments of my life — the passing of my mother.
My father called me when she died. We both just cried. He had been there by her side, as he had been most of his life. I had already watched her begin to slip away — her strength fading day by day. There was nothing left to do but hold her hand and talk with her about the promised land.
In her final days, she carried a kind of bravery I had never seen before — a peace that softened the edge of death. I’ve never known anyone so brave as she was, going toward the light with such grace.
This song is my offering to her spirit — a tribute to her journey home.
She traveled far in this life…
But she’s coming home tonight.