[Intro] As sunrise comes... I feel my shadow run away. And somehow— the warmth leaves with it. [Verse 1] As sunrise comes, I feel my shadow run away. Fading slowly into nothing, Running from another day. But as it fades, the warmth leaves too. Coldness wraps around my skin as morning light comes breaking through. And there's a flame beneath my feet, flowing softly where I lead... While another waits so patiently— behind my teeth. [Pre-Chorus] Waiting for the snuff... For those trying to kill me off. Waiting for the hands that reach too deep... Maybe they don't fear the flame. Maybe they're afraid it might be tamed. [Chorus] So let my shadow run away. Let the sunrise have its day. Let the cold wrap around me. Let them believe they've put me out. Because the flame beneath my feet still follows everywhere I leave— And the fire they never see... waits patiently behind my teeth. [Verse 2] The morning doesn't know me. It only knows what light can see. It watches shadows disappear and thinks that means that I am free. But darkness doesn't always die. Sometimes it simply steps aside. And fire doesn't always roar— Sometimes... it learns to hide. [Pre-Chorus] So bring the snuff. Come kill it off. Come tell the ember what it cannot be. The flame has waited long enough... Behind my teeth. [Chorus] Let my shadow run away. Let the sunrise have its day. Let the cold wrap around me. Let them believe they've put me out. Because the flame beneath my feet still follows everywhere I leave— And the fire they never see... waits patiently behind my teeth. [Bridge] Maybe that's what scares the day... Not that the darkness gets away. Not that the fire might consume everything. But that one day... I might hold it. Know it. Name it. And finally— tame it. [Final Chorus] As sunrise comes, my shadow runs— But I don't chase it anymore. The warmth may leave. The cold may come. The flame still moves beneath the floor. So bring the snuff. Come kill me off. Come silence everything you see. The day was never scared I'd burn... The day was scared the flame might answer me. [Outro] As sunrise comes... I feel my shadow run away. The flame flows beneath my feet... And waits— patiently— behind my teeth.
