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
