BEFORE THE MORNING LIGHT

Verse 1 Before the morning light While the rest of the world is sleeping I gather photographs and names And promises worth keeping A faded room, a handwritten line A face somebody knew I listen for the living voice Still trying to come through Pre-Chorus One picture leads to one more door One question shows me what it’s for Chorus Before the morning light I’m gathering what might disappear Holding every voice that says I was alive—I was here The pieces may look scattered Till the hidden threads unite I can see the larger pattern Before the morning light Verse 2 We’ll build a room where truth can speak And every word is heard A shelter made for human stories More than walls could ever hold The microphones will carry them Beyond this little space And history will find tomorrow In an ordinary voice Pre-Chorus One story opens into more One vessel shows us what it’s for Chorus Before the morning light I’m gathering what might disappear Holding every voice that says I was alive—I was here The pieces may look scattered Till the hidden threads unite I can see the larger pattern Before the morning light Bridge There are archives made of paper There are archives made of sound There are mysteries within us Waiting quietly to be found Every wound and every wonder Every memory we hide The oldest human record Is the one we hold inside Lift So let the photographs remember Let the voices travel far Let the wisdom become useful Let us honor who we are Final Chorus Before the morning light I am tending what might disappear Making room for every life That needs to know somebody hears What looked like separate pieces Was one purpose coming bright I was building toward the future Before the morning light Outro Before the morning light The pieces came together Before the morning light What mattered found a home