[Verse 1]
You could no more kill the darkness
Than you could raise the sun
And the night was cold and black
Like the barrel of a gun
And I remember the tremble
In the words you spoke
As you balanced there on the brink
At the end of your rope

[Chorus]
And you came so close
You came so close
You came so close to letting go
To letting go

[Verse 2]
And you knew she would hate you
She would kick you out
'Cause you were lying in the bed that you made
When you broke your vow
But then you woke in the wasteland
Of the truth you told
And you turned to see she stayed
She was bright as a band of gold
[Chorus]
And you came so close
You came so close
You came so close to letting go
To letting go

[Bridge]
So don't let go, 'cause you never know
Don't let go, 'cause you never know for sure
Don't let go, 'cause you never know
You never know

[Verse 3]
And the sky in Nashville
It can bend you low
'Cause the winter here is gray
Without a trace of snow
But there is no shadow
On the silver stars
And the colder the night is
Well the closer the heavens are

[Outro]
And we're so close
We're so close
We're so close
We're so close
So don't let go
'Cause this I know
Don't let go
This I know for sure
Don't let go
'Cause this I know
This I know for sure:
There's still hope