Remains lay smoking
Crawling little by little I can hardly breathe
Unprotected exposed to the numbing conditions I feel no pain
Falling in the snow, dazed and confused, paralyzed with fear, huddled
Together for warmth in the
Trees, where are the lights, where is help, only the silence oh oh
Help me

Still the sky was empty
Freezing fog decended,
And the snow began to fall
Silence was an enemy, more hated than the cold
So we whispered stories to help us forget

Then out of the sky, came the lights, two tiny lights, I wanted to kiss
The Earth and the stars, no
Cruel mirage, a distant visage, the silence had broken
Out of the sky, came the lights, out of the night out of the fear,
Came the strength, strength to live
Out of the sky, came the lights, lights of life out of the fear,
Came the strength, strength to live
Out of the sky, came the lights, lights of life

"It was my birthday, the day they found me now I am one week old
My life from this
Moment begins again"

Out of the sky came the lights, out of the night out of the fear
Came the strength, strength to live,
Live to love out of the sky, came the lights, lights of life out
Of the fear, came the strength,
Strength to live, live to love, strength to live, live to love out
Of the sky, came the lights, lights of
Life out of the the fear, came the strength, strength to live
Out of the sky came the lights, lights
Of life out of the fear , came the strength, strength to live
Out of the sky, came the lights, lights
Of life


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Lights of Life Lyrics as written by Donna Lewis

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    Looking at the lyric and the general mood of the song this sounds like she is describing someone coming out of depression.

    dacuttyon June 25, 2013   Link

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