Morning Never Came

[Intro — ticking clock + distant wind] 5:46. The sky should be changing by now. (pause) Why is it still dark? [Verse 1] I’ve been watching through the curtains For the first thin line of blue But the streetlights keep on burning Like the night forgot what to do Every clock says morning’s coming Every hour says it’s near But the moon is in the same place And the shadows still are here There are footprints in the hallway There are whispers in the walls Everything I ran from tonight Is getting louder with the dawn [Pre-Chorus] Six o’clock Still black Seven comes No turning back Where’s the sun? Where’s the day? Why won’t the darkness Go away? [Chorus] Morning never came The night just carried on I waited for the light But every piece of it was gone Morning never came No sunrise through the rain Every ghost I thought would vanish Still remembers my name I kept saying, “Just survive Until the sky begins to change…” But morning… Morning never came [Verse 2] The birds outside are silent There are no cars upon the street I can hear my own heart pounding Like the only living thing I tried opening the front door But the hallway looked the same Every step I took away from here Just brought me back again Maybe this house is endless Maybe I never made it through Maybe all these rooms are memories And every door leads back to you [Pre-Chorus] Eight o’clock No sun Something tells me Night has won One more hour One more prayer But nobody Answers there [Chorus] Morning never came The night just carried on I waited for the light But every piece of it was gone Morning never came No sunrise through the rain Every ghost I thought would vanish Still remembers my name I kept saying, “Just survive Until the sky begins to change…” But morning… Morning never came [Bridge — piano only] Then I looked in the mirror. And suddenly… I understood. The curtains weren’t hiding the sunrise. The house wasn’t keeping morning out. The night wasn’t trapped in here with me. (pause) I was carrying it. Every goodbye. Every regret. Every person I refused to let leave. I kept waiting for daylight to save me… From something I never let myself release. (strings begin rising) Maybe morning doesn’t arrive. Maybe… You have to open the door. [Breakdown — heartbeat + choir] One ghost Let go One door Let go One name Let go One love… Don’t let go Remember… But let go [Final Chorus — enormous cinematic release] Morning never came So I went looking for the sun Walked through every haunted room And faced what I’d become Morning never came So I made a little light From every memory I carried Through the endless night And maybe ghosts don’t disappear Maybe healing isn’t escape Maybe dawn begins inside you… When you finally choose to change Morning never came… So I became The morning anyway [Final Refrain — choir rising] Let the windows open Let the cold air in Let the shadows stay behind me Where the daylight can begin I’m still haunted But I’m alive And tonight… That’s enough light [Outro — first birdsong] 5:46. Again. (pause) But this time… There’s blue in the window.