[soft piano | kick only | close-mic female spoken-rap] Light cuts the room before the clock does Night lets go without a fight [dry snare in | male, calm flow] First air hits cold and unused Like the day has not been touched yet [light hats | female, more open] Bird on the wire starts talking Not pretty — just early and sure [808 under | male, even] Rain left a film on the glass New enough to still count [hook | female then male trade | still rap, not sung choir] Morning came back We didn't earn it Morning came back Take what you can carry [fuller pocket | female narrative] I watch the street go from black to blue Trash and wet leaves both look honest [male | tighter cadence] No sermon in it, just the fact The dark actually ended [female | walking cadence] Kettle clicks, floorboards complain The house admits it's awake [male | dry] I don't ask it for meaning I just stand in the first heat [hook | both, female lead] Morning came back We didn't earn it Morning came back Take what you can carry [sparse | female close-mic] Yesterday's mess is still on the counter Light doesn't clean it, it just shows it [male | low] That's the deal every time You get the hour, not a reset [fuller | traded] (Female) Garden dirt darker from the rain (Male) Same fence, same sag in the gate (Female) Still it shows up (Male) Still it shows up [bridge | almost solo female | piano and 808] I used to wait for a sign in this light Some proof the day would be different It never was It still came [male answers | spare] I used to talk through the quiet Fill it so it wouldn't sit on me Now I let it sit That's the work [fuller pocket | female] Praise is too big a word for this I'll take the heat in the first cup [male] Mine is the hour before the noise That's the only part I keep [hook | both | no lift] Morning came back We didn't earn it Morning came back Take what you can carry [dry out | female then male] Let it be enough Then go do the day Let it be enough Then go do the day
