Before the Morning Breaks
Am - C - G - F Am - C - G - F β βAm C Have you ever laid your head down late at night, G F Staring at the ceiling in the pale blue light? Am C Wondered what would happen if the breath went still, G F Cold iron silence resting on the windowsill. Dm Am We build our little walls, we pretend weβre made of stone, F G A town full of strangers scared of sleeping alone. β C G Did you ever stop and think, what if morning never comes? Am F Does the quiet wash away the beating of the drums? C G Is it endless blinding light, or the dark beneath the pine? Am F Do we sit beside the elders drinking old, sweet wine? Dm Am Or is it just the rot and ruin of a box down in the clay? F G Am Will anybody miss me... when tomorrow steals my name away? β Am C Nobody talks about the shadow at the door, G F We count up our pennies and we beg for something more. Am C Are my grandfathers waiting at a long oak board, G F Singing ancient hymns to an unremembered lord? Dm Am Or does the memory just wither like a fallen leaf, F G Leaving all the ones I love tangled up in grief? β C G Did you ever stop and think, what if morning never comes? Am F Does the quiet wash away the beating of the drums? C G Is it endless blinding light, or the dark beneath the pine? Am F Do we sit beside the elders drinking old, sweet wine? Dm Am Or is it just the rot and ruin of a box down in the clay? F G Am Will anybody miss me... when tomorrow steals my name away? β Dm Am What happens to the ones we leave standing in the rain? C G Do they carry on the fire, or just inherit all the pain? Dm F I close my eyes and listen to the pulse inside my chestβ G One day it just stops... and leaves the rest. β Am - F - C - G Am - F - Dm - G β C G Did you ever stop and think, what if morning never comes? Am F Does the quiet wash away the beating of the drums? C G Is it endless blinding light, or the dark beneath the pine? Am F Do we sit beside the elders drinking old, sweet wine? Dm Am Or is it just the rot and ruin of a box down in the clay? F G Am Will anybody miss me... when tomorrow steals my name away? F Just a breath in the dark... G No more morning light. Am Will you miss me... F G Am When I don't wake up tonight?
