Tom Rosenthal Lights are on but Nobody's Home Official Illumination shine on a residence, but when it comes to absence of people, they remain ignored. Dwellings void of individual presence remain dull. Not a soul to acknowledge the glow, not a soul's property to cheer up. Uninhabited dwellings remain empty of illumination, leaving the lamps with no purpose. Glow searches people, but in nobody's residence, there's no one to brighten.