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The Shadow Proves The Sunshine

By Switchfoot

1,546 views Jun 6, 2026 updated

Sunshine, won't you be my mother

Sunshine, come and help me sing

My heart is darker than these oceans

My heart is frozen underneath


We are crooked souls trying to stay up straight,

Dry eyes in the pouring rain

The shadow proves the sunshine

The shadow proves the sunshine


Two scared little runaways

Hold fast to the break of day light were

The shadow proves the sunshine


Oh Lord, why did you forsake me?

Oh Lord, don't be far away away

Storm clouds gathering beside me

Please Lord, don't look the other way


Crooked souls trying to stay up straight

Dry eyes in the pouring rain

The shadow proves the sunshine

The shadow proves the sunshine


Two scared little runaways

Hold fast to the break of day light were

The shadow proves the sunshine

The shadow proves the sunshine


Yeah Yeah, shine on me

Yeah Yeah, shine on me

Yeah Yeah, shine on me

Yeah Yeah, shine on me


Crooked souls trying to stay up straight

Dry eyes in the pouring rain

The shadow proves the sunshine

The shadow proves the sunshine


Two scared little runaways

Hold fast to the break of day light were

The shadow proves the sunshine

The shadow proves the sunshine


Yeah Yeah, shine on me

Yeah Yeah, shine on me

Yeah Yeah, shine on me


Shine on me,

Let my shadows prove the sunshine

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