Sunrise in our Rearview

Verse

Four a.m. in the front seat of my father's van

Windows down where the dust still flies

You're sleeping on your arm, I'm counting headlights high

The whole street's quiet like we stole it from the map

I draw your name in the condensation on the glass

Your hair is tangled with the static and the heat

We don't know how long this is but it feels complete

The engine hums a low steady drum

Something we can lose ourselves in till the sun breaks through

Pre-Chorus

So lock the door and hold my hand tight

Watch it turn to day outside our own small light

This isn't over yet, I promise you that

Hold onto this, don't let it fall apart

Chorus

We are wide awake in the dark of the dawn

Racing toward what we can't quite define

We're learning how to love before we learn to hide

We are wide awake in the dark of the dawn

This is our own private sunrise

And I won't let it fade before the day begins

Verse

The streetlights flicker yellow where they used to shine

I pull your knee up close so my hand falls into yours like a line

You're smiling still from the radio and the bass

We keep on driving till we hit the sky

Your eyes are closed but you find me anyway

Lace of sunlight in your hair, I trace it back

My father's sleeping with his mouth open wide

But this is ours alone where none of them can hide

The headlights catch us whole, not just a fragment of time

We're the only people moving through the gray and white of dawn

Pre-Chorus

So lock the door and hold my hand tight

Watch it turn to day outside our own small light

This isn't over yet, I promise you that

Hold onto this, don't let it fall apart

Chorus

We are wide awake in the dark of the dawn

Racing toward what we can't quite define

We're learning how to love before we learn to hide

We are wide awake in the dark of the dawn

This is our own private sunrise

And I won't let it fade before the day begins

Bridge

Not every morning ends up like this one

But when it does, I want you here with me under the sun

The world outside starts turning right behind us now

We keep on driving through the colors bleeding into gold

I don't know what tomorrow brings or if we'll ever stay

But for now in this rearview window of gray

You are the sunrise and I am not going away

Chorus

We are wide awake in the dark of the dawn

Racing toward what we can't quite define

We're learning how to love before we learn to hide

We are wide awake in the dark of the dawn

This is our own private sunrise

And I won't let it fade before the day begins