[0:00–0:18 | INTRO — fire, breath, lone cello] Listen… The night is loud. But underneath it… I can hear morning. ⸻ [0:18–0:47 | VERSE 1 — intimate, low register] Three little faces Around this fire Your oldest asks When you’re coming home Smoke meets stars Above the water I hold them close… And say, “Not long.” The world feels heavy Heavier than before But somewhere underneath the fear… I feel something more ⸻ [0:47–1:04 | PRE-CHORUS — violins begin answering] I can feel tomorrow Breathing underneath the ash And the dark is getting louder… ’Cause it knows it cannot last ⸻ [1:04–1:32 | CHORUS — first orchestral bloom] The morning knows our names Even when the night forgets us The morning knows our names And the light is coming near My love… Across the ocean If this song can find your heart Hold on through the darkness Morning isn’t far ⸻ [1:32–1:58 | VERSE 2 — drums recede, cello + heartbeat] You wear that uniform But I know the man beneath I know every quiet question You don’t send back home to me Orders in your hands But your heart somewhere else Three children count the days… And I count every breath Sometimes the wind moves And I swear I feel you near So I send my voice across it… Maybe love can travel there ⸻ [1:58–2:13 | PRE-LIFT — FIRST KEY CHANGE approaches] If you’re awake tonight Under some foreign sky Put your hand against your heart… Mine is beating on the other side ⸻ [2:13–2:40 | CHORUS 2 — FIRST KEY LIFT] The morning knows our names Truth is moving through the shadows The morning knows our names Joy is waiting past the fear My love… Across the ocean Let my voice become your light Hold on through the darkness Come home to morning light ⸻ [2:40–2:58 | BRIDGE — fire + voice + rising violins] I don’t know when. I don’t know how. I just know… this isn’t forever. Look at the embers. Even what looks finished… still carries light. ⸻ [2:58–3:20 | FINAL ASCENSION — SECOND KEY LIFT] So let the old world tremble Let the false things fall away Let every frightened heart remember— Night has never stopped the day Let goodness find us standing Let truth find us awake Let our children see the sunrise… We were brave enough to wait ⸻ [3:20–3:34 | FINAL REFRAIN — orchestra at full emotional height] The morning knows our names My love… Hold on. The morning knows our names. Come home. ⸻ [3:34–3:42 | OUTRO — violins descend, fire remains] (softly) The dark is loud… because it knows. Morning… is coming.
