[VERSE 1] Velvet skies, flicker through the blinds Tangled sheets like maps of the mind You said stay, but your voice was cracked Coffee cold, and the clocks turned black Footsteps soft in a house half-sold I wore truth like a coat too old Tried to laugh but it came out strange The mirror knew—I’m due for change [PRE-CHORUS – FAST, BREATHED/SUNG] I kept my keys in your leather drawer Dreams in a bag by the exit door Could’ve screamed but I just sang more Midnight’s gone—what am I waiting for? [CHORUS] This is the dawn— The dawn of change Where silence breaks And fear feels strange I won’t crawl back I won’t feel shame Let the wind call me By a different name [VERSE 2] You loved best when I played pretend Hung my hope on your bitter end Painted joy on a paper face But love ain’t love when it’s just a chase Spoke in sparks, now I speak in stone Found my peace in the ache alone Burned that dress with the crimson thread Wrote your name—then I left it dead [PRE-CHORUS – FAST, BREATHED/SUNG] I cracked my spine in your favorite song Bent like a prayer that lasted too long Time’s not kind, but she’s never wrong Morning breaks—and I’m already gone [CHORUS] This is the dawn— The dawn of change Where silence breaks And fear feels strange I won’t crawl back I won’t feel shame Let the wind call me By a different name [BRIDGE – SLOW, HAUNTED] Rain don’t ask the sky why now It just falls when it needs to I don’t owe you how or when— Only the right to leave you [FINAL CHORUS – BIG, WIDE, OPEN] This is the dawn— The dawn of change I lit the match I kissed the flame I won't crawl back I won't stay tame Let the stars write me By a wilder name
