Verse 1
When the lights go out
The crowd begins to fade
The cheers become an echo
As the memories are made
The spotlight starts to dim
The night’s almost gone
Another show is ending
Another curtain drawn
Pre-Chorus
The room grows a little quieter
With every passing song
I never knew what waited
Had been there all along
Chorus
When the crowd goes home
And the silence fills the room
You’re still standing with me
Long after the music’s through
The applause may fade away
But Your love carries on
When the crowd goes home
I find where I belong
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Verse 2
I pack away my old guitar
Unplug another dream
Coil another cable up
Like every night before me
Empty rows of folding chairs
The stage is swept and clean
Funny how the loudest places
Can become so still and deep
Pre-Chorus
No cameras left to follow
No voices calling strong
Only quiet in the darkness
Leading my heart on
Chorus
When the crowd goes home
And the silence fills the room
You’re still standing with me
Long after the music’s through
The applause may fade away
But Your love carries on
When the crowd goes home
I find where I belong
⸻
Verse 3
In the quiet of the silence
When every voice was gone
There You were beside me
Like You’d been there all along
Every step that brought me here
Every prayer I’d ever known
Was never for the spotlight
It was always leading home
Chorus
When the crowd goes home
And the silence fills the room
You’re still standing with me
Long after the music’s through
The applause may fade away
But Your love carries on
When the crowd goes home
I find where I belong
⸻
Bridge
If no one ever knows my name
If no one ever sings these songs
I’ll still lift my voice to You
You were the reason all along
If no one ever knows my name
If no one ever sings these songs
Every note was always Yours
You were the reason all along
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Verse 4
walking out through the backstage door
Cool night upon my face
The stars above remind me
Your mercy fills this place
I lay my guitar in the truck
Before I drive back home
Tonight I finally understand
I was never singing alone
Final Chorus
When the crowd goes home
And the silence fills the room
You’re still standing with me
Long after the music’s through
The lights may all grow dark
But Your light keeps leading on
When the crowd goes home
I know where I belong
The applause may fade away
But Your love is holding on
When the crowd goes home
You were the reason all along
Outro
When the lights go out…
When the crowd goes home…
I’ll still lift my voice to You…
You were the reason all along.
SaltyCountrySoul
