C Am G
F Am G (x2)
F C G

[Verse]
Am              F        C
I once knew your father well
          Am                  F         C
He fought tears as he spoke of your mother's health
        Am                F         C   
I guess a part of him just couldn’t return
 Am                         F               C          F  C  G
Forgiveness is a lesson he cursed you to learn

Am                           F       C
As your guardian I was instructed well
  Am                                  F        C      G
To make sense of God’s love in these fires of hell
Am                     F   C
No I don’t expect you to understand
Am                                 F           C
Just to live what little life your broken heart can

[Chorus]
F                     Am
Maybe your light is a seed
                    G
And the darkness the dirt
F                      Am
In spite of the uneven odds
                     G
Beauty lifts from the earth
         F       C   F   C
From the earth
       Am       F      C
From the earth


[Verse 2]
      Am                   F              C       G
As the years move on these questions take shape
Am                             F             C
Are you getting stronger or is time shifting weight?
Am                  F      C
No one expects you to understand
    Am                             F            C
Just to live what little life your mended heart can


[Bridge]
                           Am                  G
You’ll always remember the moment God took her away
        F                      Am              Dm        G
For the weight of the world was placed on your shoulders that day


[Chorus]
F                     Am
Maybe your light is a seed
                    G
And the darkness the dirt
F                      Am
In spite of the uneven odds
                     G
Beauty lifts from the earth
         F       C   F   C
From the earth

F C F C Am F C

[Outro]
       Am             C
You’re much too young now

So I write these words down,
Am                       F           C
“Darkness exists to make light truly count.”