Most people think Advent is about candles, cozy moments, and a little extra “be nice” energy. But Advent isn’t here to decorate your season.It’s here to wake you up.

This is the week God shines Light on the places you’ve ignored, avoided, or explained away — not to embarrass you, but to free you.

Because Light doesn’t just come to the world in December.It comes for you — the real you, the tired you, the drifting you, the “just trying to get through the year” you.

And when the Light gets personal?Everything shifts.

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[VERSE 1]I’ve been walking half-asleep,Keeping shadows close to me.Telling You I want the truth,While hiding what I didn’t want to see.But You don’t let the darkness stay,You shine before I’m ready.Your mercy hits like morning fire,And suddenly my heart is steady.

[CHORUS]When the Light wakes me up,Every lie falls apart.Every shadow that owned meLoses ground in my heart.When Your truth breaks in,I can’t stay where I was.When the Light wakes me up,I come running to Your love.

[VERSE 2]I used to fear the honest glow,Afraid of what You’d bring to light.But love that shows the broken partsIs love that pulls me back to life.You call me out of numbness, Lord,You tear the silence open.Your whisper cracks the darkest night,A promise fiercely spoken.

[CHORUS]When the Light wakes me up,Every lie falls apart.Every shadow that owned meLoses ground in my heart.When Your truth breaks in,I can’t stay where I was.When the Light wakes me up,I come running to Your love.

[VERSE 3]You don’t shame the hidden wounds,You heal them with Your steady hand.You shine on every quiet fearUntil the fear can’t even stand.You show me what I tried to dodge,You break my hesitation.You lead me where the shadows fall,Toward holy restoration.

[VERSE 4]So wake me when my hope runs low,Wake me when I drift from grace.Wake me when I fall asleepIn all the noise I try to chase.Your Light is not a gentle glow—It’s thunder in the silence.A call to rise and stand againAnd walk out of defiance.

[BRIDGE]Shine in me, break the sleep from my eyes.Call my name till the old self dies.Every corner You touch comes alive—I’m not afraid of Your Light,I’m not afraid of Your Light.

[OUTRO]Wake me up again, Lord—Wake me with Your love.When Your Light fills my heart,It’s enough… it’s enough.

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