Sleeping At Last - Uneven Odds lyrics

I once knew your father well
He fought tears as he spoke
Of your mother's health
I guess a part of him just couldn't return
Forgiveness is a lesson he
Cursed you to learn
As your guardian, I was instructed well
To make sense of God's love
In these fires of hell
No, I don't expect you to understand
Just live what little life
Your broken heart can

Maybe your light is a seed
And the darkness, the dirt
In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lifts from the earth from the earth
From the earth

As the years move on
These questions take shape
Are you getting stronger or
Is time shifting weight?
No one expects you to understand
Just live what little life
Your mended heart can

You'll always remember the moment
God took her away
For the weight of the world was
Placed on your shoulders that day

Maybe your light is a seed
And the darkness, the dirt
In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lifts from the earth from the earth
From the earth from the earth
From the earth from the earth

You're much too young now
So I'll write these words down:
"Darkness exists to make light truly count"