[Verse 1] We left the cars asleep At the last dirt gate Boots in the frost, by the fence And a paper map that bent The sky was iron-blue The pines were black and still You checked your breath, I laughed Then we started up the hill [Pre-Chorus] One step, then another Stone by stone The dark kept falling back As we climbed alone [Chorus] Before sunrise, we go Before sunrise, we go Keep your eyes on the ridge Don’t let go, don’t let go Before sunrise, we go (before sunrise, we go) [Verse 2] Hands on the frozen rock Gloves wet through A hawk cut the silence clean And the east began to move Your face in the blue-white shade Your grin half-glowing there We crossed the switchback edge With the cold all in our hair [Pre-Chorus] One breath, then the next No need to speak The mountain learned our names On that final, aching peak [Chorus] Before sunrise, we go Before sunrise, we go Keep your eyes on the ridge Don’t let go, don’t let go Before sunrise, we go (before sunrise, we go) [Bridge] Then the first gold line Split the world in two Every cliff turned warm And the valley woke for you We stood with our tired hands And our boots caked white Like we’d carried the whole dark night Just to break it wide [Final Chorus] Before sunrise, we go Before sunrise, we go Now the whole sky burns And it’s all ours, all ours Before sunrise, we go (before sunrise, we go) Before sunrise, we go (before sunrise, we go)
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