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If I’m conducting light
What is it makes my darkness bright?
Because I am, I am, I am illuminated

I’m conducting light
You say it flows right through me
I hold my palm up like a lantern
Luminescence on my tongue
But my other hand holds midnight
and the shadow of a gun

And the light is never mine, it’s not my own
I can reignite the flicker, or shut it down
Switch the poles, repel; attract
There’s two sides to every fact

If I’m conducting light
What is it makes my darkness bright?
Because I am, I am, I am illuminated.

And they think it’s in shadow, where you live
they think it’s a madness
Can’t they see the light you give?

You don't cut the knot, you untangle the skein
You didn’t make the monster but you’ll catch him

You’ll deny your human heart, but it’s beating all the same
You don’t know the light you throw when you play this game         

And don't tell me that you don't know
Whose side you’re on
Because angels have swords as well as wings
And I know angels are such terrifying things

And they are, they are, they are, they are, they are illuminated.
And we are, we are, we are, we are, we are illuminated

If I’m conducting light
What is it makes my darkness bright?
Because I am, I am, I am illuminated

And you are, you are, you are, you are, you are illumination