[Intro: Soft, rhythmic acoustic guitar picking, building floor tom pulse] [Verse 1] [Vocal: Conversational, pushing ahead of the beat] Woke to the hush as the chickadee starts to sing A pale gold seam in the eastern valley’s wing Every heavy hand is loosening its hold Like the dance that the moon and the tide have always known Old anxieties hidden in a disappearing ink Washed from the pebbles along the river’s brink If mercy moves as the weather tends to shift Then this is the moment the heavy sorrows lift [Pre-Chorus] [Build: Bass enters, driving rhythmic pulse] If faith is a stride before solid ground appears Then hope is the echo that’s pushing out the fears [Chorus] [Anthemic, bright, wide soundstage] So I raise my eyes to the widening blue Every breath full says there is more to you Let the fragile learn a brighter name In the place where the morning breaks I don’t need proof, I’ve seen enough How your light keeps finding us I’ll sing from the grit and the loneliest ache In the place as the morning takes [Verse 2] [Rhythm: Syncopated, playful acoustic strums] There’s a flame that doesn’t leave a scar or a burn Just warms the palms, helps the peace return Like manna scattered in daily life and its mess Enough for this minute, enough to say yes I’ve heard the truth vibrate in a quiet space Like a seed’s time to overgrow the vase No brass section, no monumental shift Just a kindness that arrives like an unasked gift [Pre-Chorus] If faith is a stride before solid ground appears Then hope is the echo that’s pushing out the fears [Chorus] So I raise my eyes to the widening blue Every breath full says there is more to you Let the fragile learn a brighter name In the place where the morning breaks I don’t need proof, I’ve seen enough How your light keeps finding us I’ll sing from the grit and the loneliest ache In the place as the morning takes [Bridge] [Narrative Shift: Percussion drops to a kick-drum pulse, building tension] Let the boulder move, let the tomb remain still Let the resistances drop by their own free will I stopped looking for clues in the grand designs And found the blood in the bread and the wine It isn’t a mystery that we need to solve It’s the basis on which the whole days revolve [Guitar Solo: Bright, clean electric guitar with reverb] [Final Chorus] [Maximum energy, soaring vocals] I raise my eyes—now open, true And each new day is making itself brand new Every footprint is a sign of praise In the place where the morning breaks From dawns first light, to the endless day I’m carried, I’m held, I’m not afraid I live knowing that the dark won’t stay In the place as the morning takes (What the night left behind) [Outro] [Gradual fade out, acoustic guitar only] As our morning praise The light keeps finding us (I’m not afraid) [End]
