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Before You Call It Dawn (Live)

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[Verse 1] I read it all in silence, Hundreds of threads, a drifting tide— A child on a sandworld draws a circle, Says, "We’ll plant here when the winds subside." A signal breaks from outer dark, From a station thought long gone— Just two kids with a rebuilt rig And the courage to turn it on. [Verse 2] A mercenary lays down arms, Turns machines to digging tools. Says, "No king will buy our fear again," And walks away from crueler rules. On islands torn by fire and time, They gather maps like prayers— Not for borders, not for war, But to find each other there. [Chorus] No trumpets sound, no banners rise, No headlines blaze the truth— But something moves beneath the dust, In every heart, a root. It’s not a wave, it’s not a blaze, Not yet a song full-blown— But it’s begun, Before you call it dawn. [Bridge;Spoken] You won’t see it coming. Not in the sky. Not on screens. But in the way a mother no longer flinches When strangers walk near her child. In how a voice cracks—but speaks. In how they ask again. And believe again. And stay. [Verse 3] There’s no command, no silver seal, No flag to name the shift— Just broken tools repurposed well, And wounds turned into gift. I see the signs in every word, In every weary face— This isn’t hope we offer them. It’s hope they now embrace. [Chorus – Refrain] No trumpets sound, no banners rise, No monument of stone— But it has come, Before you call it dawn. [Outro;spoken quietly] They’re not waiting anymore. They’ve begun. And no one can stop What lives in hearts reborn.