Verse
Boxes stacked by the register at half past two
Fluorescent hum but the radio's cutting through
Price gun clicking like a heartbeat under my ribs
Sixteen hours in and I'm still running on this
Torn receipt in my pocket, a name I don't know
Coffee gone cold but I can't let the feeling go
Something about the way the dust catches the beam
Says hold on, hold on, don't wake up from the dream
Pre-Chorus
So what if the shift's not done
What if the math don't run
I swear there's a shine in this
I'm not ready to let it slip
Chorus
It's better in the morning light
Every scuff and scratch look right
I'm holding on, I'm holding on
To the gold in this tired sign
Everything I'm scared to lose
Comes back soft in daylight blue
I'm holding on, I'm holding on
It's better in the morning light
Verse
Same four walls, same buzzing sign out on the street
Same tired shoes but something's different in my feet
Counted every dollar, counted every mile I've come
Still got dust on my hands but I'm not done, I'm not done
Sun comes up over the parking lot chrome
Turns the whole gray block into something like a home
Maybe I'm crazy, chasing shine off cracked concrete
But I feel it rising underneath these aching feet
Pre-Chorus
So what if the shift's not done
What if the math don't run
I swear there's a shine in this
I'm not ready to let it slip
Chorus
It's better in the morning light
Every scuff and scratch look right
I'm holding on, I'm holding on
To the gold in this tired sign
Everything I'm scared to lose
Comes back soft in daylight blue
I'm holding on, I'm holding on
It's better in the morning light
Bridge
Maybe it's not the store, it's not the door I open twice
Maybe it's just this feeling I keep chasing into light
The kind that says you made it, even half-asleep on your feet
That's the gold I'm keeping, that's the one I get to keep
Chorus
It's better in the morning light
Every scuff and scratch look right
I'm holding on, I'm holding on
To the gold in this tired sign
Everything I'm scared to lose
Comes back soft in daylight blue
I'm holding on, I'm holding on
It's better in the morning light
