Curtains Hold the Dawn

[Verse 1] Blue light thins along the curtain hem. The ceiling fan turns over sleeping streets. Your shoes remain beside the narrow door; mine angle inward, willing not to leave. I used to think the night could hide a fault, that morning only counted what survived. But every shadow softens at the edge when two awake hearts choose to stay alive. [Pre-Chorus] Let the room grow pale without a warning. We do not need the dark to make us kind. [Chorus] Curtains Hold the Dawn one tender minute while we find our footing. Curtains Hold the Dawn, but they cannot keep the light from coming on. Take my hand before the colors change; we can meet the day without a name for every ache. [Verse 2] A bird rehearses somewhere past the wall. A metal gate lifts softly down the lane. We lay our old defenses on the chair, small folded clothes that neither one can wear. You tell me hope is not a spotless thing; it limps, it laughs, it asks to be believed. I pull the fabric back with both my hands. The room turns blue, and neither of us leaves. [Bridge] If forgiveness has a color, let it enter unannounced. No halo, no performance, just enough to see us now. [Final Chorus] Curtains Hold the Dawn one tender minute while we find our footing. Curtains Hold the Dawn, but they cannot keep the light from coming on. Take my hand before the colors change; we can meet the day and let the morning know our names.