Dawnbreaker

Oh Oh-oh Oh Dawnbreaker I spent years with the dark in my bloodstream Breathing smoke like it was holy air Kept my head down under old horizons Like the morning never wanted me there But the night ran out of ways to name me Ran out of shadows I could wear And I felt the edge of something opening Like a sky I’d always carried there Now the whole horizon tears open Now the east side splits in flame I don’t wait for light to find me I am stepping out in my name Dawnbreaker Split the dark and let it fall Dawnbreaker I don’t bow to night at all Wide sky Burning clean across my shoulders I didn’t wait for morning I became the dawn Dawnbreaker Oh-oh Dawnbreaker Oh-oh I became the dawn Oh-oh Dawnbreaker Every fear that tried to keep me smaller Every wound that tried to make me kneel Every voice that said become the damage Every hand that said don’t let it heal I outlived the altar and the warning I outgrew the mask and all its weight Now the day comes down in full confession And I meet it standing, face to face Now the whole horizon tears open Now the whole street knows my name I don’t need the dark behind me Just to know what I became Dawnbreaker Split the dark and let it fall Dawnbreaker I don’t bow to night at all Wide sky Burning clean across my shoulders I didn’t wait for morning I became the dawn Dawnbreaker No more borrowed thunder No more second skin No more living half-alive No monument within Open hand True name Warm blood in the dawn Hear the old world cracking As the day comes on Not the ash Not the ache Not the shadow they gave I am what kept breathing Till the light knew my name Dawnbreaker Split the dark and let it fall Dawnbreaker I don’t bow to night at all Wide sky Burning clean across my shoulders I didn’t wait for morning I became the dawn Dawnbreaker Oh-oh Dawnbreaker Oh-oh I became the dawn Oh-oh Dawnbreaker