[Instrumental] [Intro] [arpeggiated steel-string acoustic guitar, percussive string slaps on beats 2 and 4] [Main Loop] [fingerstyle pattern continues with alternating bass notes and high-register melody] LYRICS — “Hold the Morning” Soft light breaking through the blinds Dust in gold, suspended time Every shadow turns to grace Morning writes across your face No demands, no weight to bear Just the silence breathing there If I move too fast it fades So I linger in the rays Why do we let it slip away Trade it all for the noise of day Hold the morning in your hands Don’t let go like drifting sand There’s a truth in early light We forget by noon’s first fight Keep that feeling in your chest Through the rush and all the rest If we carry what we found Sunrise never really goes down Coffee cools, the phone ignites Pulling threads into the fight Every second fragments thin Where’s the place we just were in? Voices rise and meanings bend Hours break and start to end But I swear it still remains In the echo of those rays Somewhere underneath the strain Morning’s still inside the frame Hold the morning in your hands Don’t let go like drifting sand There’s a truth in early light We forget by noon’s first fight Keep that feeling in your chest Through the rush and all the rest If we carry what we found Sunrise never really goes down What if time is just a veil And the dawn will never fail It’s not gone, it’s just misplaced In the speed we try to chase Slow it down, it’s still alive In the way we look inside Every moment holds the spark Even buried in the dark Hold the morning in your hands Let it guide you where you stand There’s a truth you don’t outgrow In the light you came to know When the shadows crowd your view Let that sunrise break you through If you feel it, it’s still around Sunrise never really goes down
