(Verse 1) The alarm cuts through the silent dark Another Monday leaves its mark The weight of time, a heavy start A ticking clock, a restless heart The city stirs in monochrome I’m just a vessel, far from home (Pre-Chorus) And in the haze of morning grey A thousand thoughts just drift away What’s the purpose, what’s the rhyme? In the borrowed, fleeting time? (Chorus) Oh, when I wake up on a Monday morning And the world feels cold without a warning Considered over a century You’re just a mayfly, just like me A flash of light, a fleeting sigh Beneath the vast and endless sky When I wake up, I finally see How fragile our existence can be (Verse 2) The coffee pot begins to steam A chase for an elusive dream The calendar, a moving train Through sunshine, comfort, and through pain We build our castles, make our names Just kindling for forgotten flames (Pre-Chorus) And as the sunrise bleeds its gold A story that has all been told We chase the echoes, miss the sound On this small, spinning, hallowed ground (Chorus) Oh, when I wake up on a Monday morning And the world feels cold without a warning Considered over a century You’re just a mayfly, just like me A flash of light, a fleeting sigh Beneath the vast and endless sky When I wake up, I finally see How fragile our existence can be (Bridge) So let the rush hour fade to noise Forget the season’s borrowed joys If all we have is just this day This breath, this dawn, this chosen way Then maybe in the grand design This moment, fragile and divine Is everything we get to hold A story whispered, brave and bold (Chorus) Oh, when I wake up on a Monday morning Let the world be cold without a warning For considered over a century We’re just mayflies, wild and free A flash of light, a defiant cry Beneath the vast and loving sky When I wake up, I choose to see The beauty in our frailty The beauty in our frailty. (Outro) A mayfly's dance, a Monday's grace In the quiet of this space.
