The Hour Before The Birds (Original)

[Intro – Instruments: Soft Acoustic Piano, Room Ambience, Long Reverb Tail] [Verse 1 – Instruments: Soft Piano Only, Very Sparse] I know the hour you go quiet The one the clock forgets to name When the street outside has finished And the morning hasn't come I don't need the whole story You can tell it out of line Leave the ending in your pocket Give me any part you like [Pre-Chorus – Instruments: Piano with Light Low Strings Pad] You don't have to make it lighter You don't have to make it small I have room for all of it Or none of it at all [Chorus – Instruments: Emotional Piano, Subtle Strings, Soft Kick Pulse] I'll take the hour before the birds The one nobody wants I'll hold it open like a door Until the light comes on I'll take the hour before the birds You don't have to speak Just breathe against the quiet And let me keep the watch [Verse 2 – Instruments: Piano, Deeper Lower Notes Added] There's a river under everything It moves when we don't look It carried out the people Who swore they'd never go But some of us are anchored Not by promise, not by chain Just by choosing every morning To be standing here again [Pre-Chorus – Instruments: Piano + Strings Building Slightly] You don't have to make it lighter You don't have to make it clean I have room for all of it And everything between [Chorus – Instruments: Full Emotional Piano, Strings Swell, Soft Percussion] I'll take the hour before the birds The one nobody wants I'll hold it open like a door Until the light comes on I'll take the hour before the birds You don't have to speak Just breathe against the quiet And let me keep the watch [Bridge – Instruments: Piano Solo + Ambient Pad, Voice Almost Spoken] They'll tell you that it passes And they're right, but not tonight Tonight it only asks you To get from three to five So put it down a moment Let me carry what I can I am not the morning But I'm awake, and I am here [Final Chorus – Instruments: Strong Piano, Emotional Strings Peak, Sub Bass Support] I'll take the hour before the birds The one nobody wants I'll hold it open like a door Until the light comes on I'll take the hour before the birds For as long as it takes And when the first one sings I'll still be here [Outro – Instruments: Soft Piano Solo, Long Reverb Tail] The hour before the birds... I'll take it.