Verse 1
A Dadd9
There's a certain point the body can't come back from
A Dadd9
In one year, we've learned the turn of the mouth
D
The depth that the chest cavity takes
A
Chucky was there for three out of three
D
I was there for the third 'cause I couldn't be
E
There for the one who was closest to me
Dadd9
But I can't say I'd run when things get hard
E
It's just that I don't trust myself with my heart
D
But I've had to let it break a little more
A
'Cause they say that's what it's for
Chorus
F#m A
That's how the light shines in
D
That's how the light shines in
F#m A D
That's how the light gets in (Mm-mm)
Instrumental
A A G G
Verse 2
D E
So everyone was there, they were standin', laughin'
A G#dim F#m E
And I'm on the side with my tears streamin' down
D E
There's somethin' about the clutch of the wrist
A G#dim F#m E
He thought mine was his to carve into his mouth
D
We've only got hours
D E
And I just can't stop cryin' 'cause all of the ways
A G#dim
When you see someone dyin'
F#m E D
You see all your days flash in front of you
A G#dim F#m E
And you think about who would be with youuuuuuuu
D E
And then there's Donoghue
Instrumental
A G#dim F#m E D E
Bridge
A
Daddy, I miss them
D
I'm in the mountains
A
I'm probably runnin' away from the feelings I get
E C#
When I think all the things about them
F#m
Daddy, I miss them
D
I'm at the Roadrunner Café
A
I'm probably runnin' away from the thoughts in the day
E
I'd have things to do with them, but they say
Chorus
F#m A
That's how the light shines in
D
That's how the light shines in
F#m A
That's how the light gets in
Verse 3
D E
Think by the 3rd of March, I was cracked open
A G#dim F#m E
Finally, the ground was cold, they wouldn't open
D E A G#dim
Brought by the sunlight of the spirit to pour into me
F#m E D E
There's a name for it in Japanese, it's "Kintsugi"
A G#m F#m
They sang folk songs from the '40s
E D E
Even the fourteen-year old knew "Froggie Came A-Courtin"
A G#dim F#m E
How do my blood relatives know all of these songs?
D E A G#m F#m E
But don't know anyone left to know songs that I siiiiiiing
Chorus
D E
That's how the light gets in
G D
That's how the light gets in
Bridge
A
But daddy, I miss them
D
I'm at the Roadrunner Café
A
Probably runnin' away from the feelings today
E
In the snow-capped mountains of the desert
F#m
Daddy, I miss them
D
I'm in the mountains
A
Probably runnin' away, I've been meaning to say
E C#
That there's nothing to do except know that this is
Chorus
F#m
How the light gets in
D E
Like cracking, the light gets in
F#m
It's how the light gets in
D
That's how the light gets in
D
That's how the light gets in
F#m D F#m
Then you're golden, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
D
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
D E
Just another folk song, but anyway
A G#dim F#m E
I try so hard, but that's okay
D E
It's how the light gets in
G D
It's how the light gets in
D E G D
It's how the light gets in
Outro
D E A G#dim F#m E D
