[Intro] [Quiet, breathy] I wake Before the room [Verse 1] The ceiling floats a little higher The curtain holds a colorless sea I know the shape beside the window But it doesn’t look like it knows me My eyes are open, still the edges Keep moving out of reach The morning lays a pale hand on me Then leaves without a speech [Pre-Chorus] I hear the pipes I hear the air I hear my name But not from anywhere [Chorus] Waking blind Into the light The room is here But not quite mine Waking blind The day comes through A paper sky With no way through [Verse 2] The glass reflects a slower figure A face rinsed thin by sleep I lift my hand; the image follows Like a promise it can’t keep A cup cools beside the bed The water keeps the window still I try to gather up the morning But it slips between my fingers [Pre-Chorus] I hear the pipes I hear the air I hear my name But not from anywhere [Chorus] Waking blind Into the light The room is here But not quite mine Waking blind The day comes through A paper sky With no way through [Bridge] Maybe seeing takes a moment Maybe dawn arrives in parts One small sound, one faded color One slow pulse beneath the heart I don’t need to know the outline I don’t need to call it home I can let the light stay distant I can let the room be unknown [Final Chorus] Waking blind Into the light The room is here And I am inside Waking blind The day comes through I feel its warmth Before its blue [Outro] [Softly, fading] I wake Before the room The light Comes after
