Until the Morning Finds You

[Verse 1] You needn't hide your face from me. I know those frightened eyes. I saw them first upon a page And never understood quite why The creature everyone called cruel Looked weary and alone. I thought if I could find the truth, Perhaps I'd help him home. I meant to ask. I meant to stay. I thought that I'd be brave. But ink upon a candlelit page Was not the fear I faced. I saw your hand reach after mine. I know you tried to save me. The earth gave way. You did not choose The ending that it gave me. [Chorus] Some roads end... So others open. Some lights fade... To lead us home. Every story... Leaves another... To carry... What came before. If tomorrow... Finds forgiveness... Don't let yesterday decide. Some of us... Must leave the story... So another... Can rewrite. [Verse 2] In life, I found the printed words. In death, I see the thread. It runs through every borrowed tale And binds the ones he's led. The old man watches through the glass. His stories make a chain. He sends you out to feed their fear, Then calls you back again. I could not see the hand at work Until my own lay still. Nor know the thing that frightened me Was fighting someone else's will. Your journey brought you to my past. My ending brought you here. I cannot change the day I died. But I can hold you near. [Chorus] Some roads end... So others open. Some lights fade... To lead us home. Every story... Leaves another... To carry... What came before. If tomorrow... Finds forgiveness... Don't let yesterday decide. Some of us... Must leave the story... So another... Can rewrite. [Verse 3] These waters hold more names than mine. More grief than I can tell. Tonight, their voices cover yours. He cannot hear you well. I've drawn his image from the lake. I've loosened what he tied. Lift up your hand and see, dear friend. The choice is yours to try. But only till the morning comes. I cannot hold all day. Before the sun climbs through the trees, You must have reached the bay. Go find the captain by the sea, Still walking with the tide. The key he stole may open What your keeper keeps denied. [Bridge] He too was bound to serve that man. He too was made a tale. Until he stole the Keeper's Key And slipped beyond the jail. It broke the old man's hold on him, But left him bound to roam. The key still keeps him by the tide, A dead man far from home. It isn't gold you need to seek. No fortune lost at sea. Go ask him what it cost to take The thing that set him free. He may know how to loose your chains. He may yet help you through. Go now, before the sunrise. Until the morning finds you, Let my waters shelter you. [Final Chorus] Some roads end... So others open. Some lights fade... To lead us home. Every story... Leaves another... To carry... What came before. Find the key... Unlock tomorrow. Break the chains... That bind us all. Even legends... Can be freed... When someone answers... The final call. [Outro] You needn't stay to watch me fade. There's still a road to choose. I could not finish all my questions. Perhaps I'll leave them now With you. Go on. I'd dearly like To see you free.