Verse 1:
Picture yourself in a darkened alley. It's a dead end, too dark to see anything, that's how I felt. My life was going nowhere, and I didn't know how to get out of the alley.

Verse 2:
I don't know where my feet are taking me, especially while I'm wandering in this dark area of my life. I just exist, but I cannot find my purpose. All I want to do is cry.

Verse 3:
There is a light at the end of the alley, so to speak. God starts making Himself evident in my life, and that is where my escape from the alley begins. Holding God's hands, I am led out of despair.

Verse 4:
My first step outside of this alley was wonderful, because God took control of my life and led me out of the darkness. I was lost in myself, but now I am blessed with God's grace that has truly let me see.

Refrain:
All of the pain that I was experiencing in the past was healed when Jesus took me away from it. As if the skies had opened and the very voice of God Himself has set me free.

Chorus:
Being alone in an alley has been scary, and I need to be guided out of it by light. The only light that could possibly lead me out is that of God, so please God, fill me with your presence.

Overall:
A darkened alley is a metaphor for a rut. Every time we fall, we get lost again and caught up in our own lives. It's as if we are walking blind towards a dead end, and only the saving grace of God can rescue us again. As Christians, we fall into these slumps where we just force God out of our lives, and we are only brought back in the glory when we let God take us back. Especially before I first believed, I needed God more than ever, but even now as a believer, my humanly desires still block my sight and toss me into this alley.

John 1:5:
"A light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."

2 Thessalonians 5:16
"Be joyful always."

Acts 9:18
"Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again..."

"Darkened Alley" written by Ryan Kavalsky, © November 15, 2001