Rise Before Dawn 3

Verse

Windows down on the four a.m. block

Headlights cut through fog like the whole street's locked

My palms are slick, engine's hot and loud

Every stoplight feels like it's letting me out

I used to sleep at twelve, dream of nine-to-five

Now I'm chasing suns that don't even exist tonight

The tires scream when the curb turns into fire

Something in my chest keeps telling me higher

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel the clock ticking back?

Tell me nobody's gonna stop us on our track

Every window got a door open wide

I don't need it quiet, I need it alive

Chorus

Rise before dawn, rise before dawn

Hands up in the dark till my shadow turns to gold

Rise before dawn, rise before dawn

Feet on the pedal, never let the cold get hold

Bare-knuckle drive through a town gone blind

Nothing left but rhythm and the night behind

Verse 2

Headlights bleed onto parked cars, paint like fireflies

My jaw's locked tight, the whole block wakes up twice

Radio static becomes my own heartbeat now

Every stop sign splits into a thousand crowns

I don't need it quiet, I need it loud and clean

Tell me this is how the dreamers break through the screen

Cinderblock walls turn silver when the engine roars

Something in my chest just won't stay still no more

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel the clock ticking back?

Tell me nobody's gonna stop us on our track

Every window got a door open wide

I don't need it quiet, I need it alive

Chorus

Rise before dawn, rise before dawn

Hands up in the dark till my shadow turns to gold

Rise before dawn, rise before dawn

Feet on the pedal, never let the cold get hold

Bare-knuckle drive through a town gone blind

Nothing left but rhythm and the night behind

Bridge

Lights go green, floorboards crack wide open

I'm not sleeping till I've taken every corner my body knows is broken

Let it break me down into something pure and bright

Rise before dawn until the whole sky turns light

Chorus

Rise before dawn, rise before dawn

Hands up in the dark till my shadow turns to gold

Rise before dawn, rise before dawn

Feet on the pedal, never let the cold get hold

Bare-knuckle drive through a town gone blind

Nothing left but rhythm and the night behind