Another Night Before Nothing

[Intro | 8-bar instrumental | low piano motif | low strings | broken pulse gathers] [Verse 1 | close low register | connected phrasing | bass enters] I used to meet the morning Before it reached the blinds Sleep could never hold me With somewhere on my mind No promise past the leaving No need to know how far The road could keep its answer I only had to start [Pre-Chorus | bass drops out | strings hold | held endings] Now midnight barely knows me I’m gone before it comes [Chorus | chest voice | groove returns | strings widen | held endings] Another night before nothing No reason to stay awake The morning keeps its promise But nothing in me wakes [Verse 2 | groove continues | low string counterline | connected phrasing] Tomorrow wears the outline Of every day before It gathers at the window Then drains across the floor Nothing bends the hours Nothing pulls them out of line I used to race the daylight Now it passes right on time [Bridge | vocal exposed | low toms gather | open sustained endings | strings rise] Let one night refuse me Let one hour disobey Let tomorrow keep me restless Till I meet it half awake [Final Chorus | higher chest placement | controlled cry edge | full band | low harmonies | stereo widens] Another night before nothing No reason to stay awake The morning keeps its promise But nothing in me wakes [Outro | instrumental | opening motif returns | rhythm section withdrawn | low strings sustain] [End]